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

• Enough of the chitchat. where's the girl?
  说够了吧。那女的去哪里了？
• My father tried to make pleasant chitchat and eat as much as he could during halftime.
  我父亲在中场休息时尽量聊些愉快的事儿并尽可能多吃东西。
• Chances are, neither of you wants to get bogged down in endless chitchat.
  你们两人肯定都不想陷入没完没了的闲谈中。
• She angled her column of chitchat towards teen-agers.
  她的闲话专栏着眼于青少年。
• I met him the other day on the street, and had the usual chitchat about paris.
  不久前的一天，我在街上碰到他，像往常一样闲聊了一会儿有关巴黎的情况。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。