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
COCA.22764
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 闲聊;聊天
Chit-chatis informal talk about things that are not very important.- 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。
- Not being a mother, I found the chit-chat exceedingly dull.
英英释义
noun
- light informal conversation for social occasions
verb
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
双语例句
- Enough of the chitchat. where's the girl?
说够了吧。那女的去哪里了? - EXAMPLE: My sisters and I like to chitchat on the phone after work.
姐姐和我喜欢在下班后用电话闲聊。 - She angled her column of chitchat towards teen-agers.
她的闲话专栏着眼于青少年。 - 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。 - Not even the most dedicated person is immune to the temptation of occasional chitchat.
即使是最专注的人也禁不起偶尔聊天的诱惑。 - The figure is good, have self-confident heart, others also likes to interact with your chitchat.
身材好了,有自信心,别人也喜欢与你攀谈交往。 - EXAMPLE: I am bored by the chitchat at our company parties, so I usually leave early.
公司聚会上的闲言碎语让我心烦,所以我通常早早离开。 - There'll be plenty of time to chitchat once we get back to the village.
一旦我们回到村庄我们将会有很多时间去闲谈。 - 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。 - Too many young workers have harmed their own careers by focusing on chitchat over work, or by deciding to dislike the boss just because a coworker does.
随意评论工作中的人与事已经毁了太多年轻员工的职业生涯。因为同事不喜欢老板,所以自己也决定不喜欢,这样做法也同样不可取。