chitchat

英 [ˈtʃɪttʃæt]

美 [ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt]

n.  闲聊; 聊天
vi.  闲谈

现在分词：chitchatting　过去式：chitchatted　第三人称单数：chitchats　过去分词：chitchatted　

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柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 闲聊;聊天
  Chit-chatis informal talk about things that are not very important.
  1. Not being a mother, I found the chit-chat exceedingly dull.
     我没当母亲，所以觉得那样的闲谈无聊透顶。

英英释义

noun

• light informal conversation for social occasions
  Synonym:chit-chatchit chatsmall talkgabgabfestgossiptittle-tattlechin wagchin-wagchin waggingchin-waggingcauserie

verb

• talk socially without exchanging too much information
  1. the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
  Synonym:chew the fatshoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchit-chatchatterchaffernattergossipjawclavervisit

双语例句

• A day giraffe with how many the kangaroos in the chitchat," you see, can these people continue again to add high your cage sons?" the giraffe asks.
  一天长颈鹿和几只袋鼠们在闲聊，“你们看，这些人会不会再继续加高你们的笼子？”长颈鹿问。
• The Internet has become the21st century's answer to word of mouth or over-the-garden-fence chitchat, so I think it's wise to keep tabs on what is said about me in cyberspace.
  网络正成为21世纪的答案，代替口耳相传或者是邻里之间的口碑，因此我想去看看在网络空间中是怎样描述我的。
• After a few minutes of chitchat, Boris himself raised a very personal issue.
  闲聊几分钟后，Boris自己谈起了一个十分私人的问题。
• The Judge was not one for small talk, hated gossip and idle chitchat, whether written or a spoken.
  不管是写信，还是言谈，法官都不是个喜欢说闲话，他讨厌流言蜚语和琐碎的乱侃。
• Gerstner isn't one for chitchat& or the finer points of corporate etiquette. Pats on the back aren't his style, either.
  Gerstner不是一个闲谈的人，也不是一个公众礼节完善的人，轻拍后背也不是他的风格。
• Work relationships are not governed by the same rules as friendships, so do not feel bad if your colleagues do not want to chitchat or are not particularly warm towards you, said Zhang.
  工作关系与朋友关系，处事原则各不相同。所以，如果同事不愿跟你聊天或者并没有特别热情地带你，请不要沮丧。
• She angled her column of chitchat towards teen-agers.
  她的闲话专栏着眼于青少年。
• Time spent on Facebook, however, is not just idle chitchat between friends, because the architecture of the place lends itself so easily to voyeurism and exhibitionism.
  不过，在Facebook度过的时间，不仅仅是朋友间的闲聊，因为该网站的结构可以轻松地被窥淫癖和暴露癖者利用。
• The elderly at home together in twos and threes strip beans, wash vegetables and chitchat about the past, see the leaves carved by the traces of the years drift downstream.
  家中的老人三三两两聚在一起，剥豆子，洗蔬菜，拉拉家常叙叙往事，看岁月的痕迹刻在落叶上顺水而去。
• He shook hands without rising, and made pointless chitchat.
  他握手的时候并不起身，所说的也是一些不着边际的寒喧话。