英:[ˈtʃætə(r)]
美:[ˈtʃætɚ]
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chat·ter
chae tr
复数:chatters
第三人称单数:chatters
现在分词:chattering
过去式:chattered
过去分词:chattered
chattery (adj.), chatteringly (adv.)
词根:chatty
adj.chatty 饶舌的;爱讲闲话的;非正式的
adv.chattily 饶舌地;爱讲闲话地
n.chattering [机] 颤振,震颤;颤动
chatterbox 喋喋不休者;唠叨的人
chatterer 饶舌的人;喋喋不休的人
v.chattering 唠叨;震颤(chatter的现在分词)
verb
intransitive verb
to utter rapid short sounds suggestive of language but inarticulate and indistinct
squirrels chattered angrily
to talk idly, incessantly, or fast
to click repeatedly or uncontrollably
teeth chattering with cold
to vibrate rapidly in cutting
a chattering tool
to vibrate especially audibly as a consequence of repeated sticking and slipping
chattering brakes
transitive verb
to utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly
noun
the action or sound of chattering
idle talk : prattle
electronic and especially radio communication between individuals engaged in a common or related form of activityalso: such chatter regarding future hostile activities
a person who participates in online chat
Excite, Inc. … reports that users log a total of 7.5 to 8 million chat minutes on an average day. Half of online chatters are aged 18 to 34, and 15 percent are under age 17.—Rebecca Piirto Heath
chatter vibration颤动
13世纪早期, chateren “发出快速尖锐的声音”(鸟类),“闲聊,轻率地谈话”(人类),早期 cheateren, chiteren,具有拟声的起源。比较荷兰语 koeteren “胡说八道”,丹麦语 kvidre “发出啾啾声,吱吱声”。关于牙齿,“因寒冷或惊恐而发出咔咔声”,中叶15世纪。相关: Chattered; chattering。
短语 chattering class 自1893年开始使用,也许在1843年有个孤立的例子:
Such was the most interesting side of the fatal event to that idle chattering class of London life to whom the collision of heaven and earth were important only as affording matter for "news!" [Catherine Grace F. Gore ("Mrs. Gore"), "The Banker's Wife," 1843]
这是对那些闲聊的伦敦人生活中最有趣的一面,他们认为天堂和地球的碰撞只有提供“新闻”的材料才重要![凯瑟琳·格雷斯·F·戈尔(“戈尔夫人”),《银行家的妻子》,1843年]
振动
颤动
Verb Middle English chatteren, of imitative origin
The first known use of chatter was in the 13th century
chatterverb
to utter rapid meaningless sounds suggesting speech
squirrels chattered angrily
to talk idly, continually, or rapidly
to click again and again without control
teeth chattering
1 At supper she chattered on to Jojo and Mama all about the trip.
2 The sounds of blues music and chatter drift outside, along with the aroma of fried foods.
3 My teeth chattered, my skin turned to goose flesh, my knees knocked.
4 The party chatter ebbed away, and the music slowed.
聚会上的闲聊声渐渐远去, 音乐也慢了下来.
5 I think that my uninteresting chatter bores you very much.
我想我那无趣的唠叨使你烦透了吧.
6 Why did I get so annoyed at the sound of my sisters’ chatter?
7 Tally clenched her teeth to stop them chattering, and dipped her head under the water and out, whipping wet hair onto her back.
8 Mother chattered the whole way home, and JT laughed at all the right spots.
9 After a while her teeth stop chattering, and we lie there, breathing in unison.
10 Luke’s teeth were still chattering so I also brought a wool blanket.
11 I didn't feel too drunk any more when I went outside, but it was getting very cold out again, and my teeth started chattering like hell.
12 I became so used to her noise—chattering, whining, pestering, laughing, crying—that my ear went on hearing it even when it stopped.
13 All three of us hugged our own knees and chattered our teeth a little.
14 Instead of loud, lively chatter and jovial laughter, their conversation was all hushed whispers.
15 Beyond the chatter of Nancy’s little boys, there was no lightness within the cabin or anywhere nearby.
16 Her arms ached; she clenched her teeth to keep them from chattering.
17 When he was nervous he was talkative, and he had spent the afternoon calling Marcela at the barn over and over again and chattering at her.
18 Lily chattered about her plans for volunteer work; she would begin, she said, at the Nurturing Center, since she was already an expert at feeding Gabriel.
19 But she has gone; and they fly pell-mell up the hedgerow, frisking, chattering and perching where they will.
20 “No thanks,” I replied, and politely stood there while she chattered on.
3 唠叨
gab clack earful rabbit nag babble cluck maunder prate yabber slabber crap on yackety-yack rap jabber yack harp on chew the fat mouthy chattering burbling witter bigmouthism prose jaw keep on at blether yap blather yammer natter rabbit on go on nagging verbose garrulous obsess carp prattle bang on about dwell upon harp on about be on about keep on about dwell on bang on go on about whinge go on at wordy crotchety snappish shrewish wordily snap verbosity babbling blatter termagancy blither
5 闲谈
comment conversation chat rap clatter cackle gab chitchat tattle confab palaver tittle-tattle fiddle-faddle talk chin gossip converse jangle chaffer yap prattle make talk spin street yarn chew the rag
6 饶舌
mouth WAG cackle garrulous jaw tattle talkative talky gabby have a loose tongue loquacious long-tongued loose-tongued newsiness patter clack garrulity prittle-prattle talk yabber talking wordy newsy tonguey mag talkee-talkee verbiage babbling overtalk bibful tongue troll wag powwow like to hear oneself speak beat gums
8 碰击声
13 振动
libratory vibrant vibratory oscillatory wave vibration bob oscillation vibrancy jarring shimmy undulation vibrance libration rock vibrate oscillate judder
15 打战声
19 唧唧声
23 喋喋不休
Rattle yak clack yatter rabbit babble gab chunter jaw-jaw yabber bang on about talk nineteen to the dozen talk a blue streak long-winded garrulous voluble natter prate rattle away garrulously patter wordiness jabbering speechifying blabber speechify babble on blab on drone on rattle on ad nauseam jaw nineteen to the dozen ten to the dozen rabbit on keep on bang on loquacious talk the hind leg off a donkey run off at the mouth hurry on hold forth nagging gabby run off run on babbling big-mouthed yakky rattle gossip jangle yammer loquacity garrulity chelp potsky jargon chipper twiddle chaw talk away beat chops flip lip talk head long-tongued jabber blatter yackety-yak cackle yap blather gabble tattle talk head off go nineteen to the dozen run nineteen to the dozen wag nineteen to the dozen wag jaws wag jaw wag tongue speak forty to the dozen speak nineteen to the dozen speak twenty to the dozen talk forty to the dozen talk twenty to the dozen
24 打战
26 震颤
trembling tremulous quaky trembly dindle thrill tingle tremor shaking trepidation fremitus quiver
28 哒哒声
35 鸣声