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Chatter Verb 动词 Talk Ing Noun   [V N

英语单词 chatter
英美音标 英 ['tʃætə(r)] 美 ['tʃætər]
中文释义 n.饶舌;啁啾;喋喋不休地谈;(小溪的)潺潺流水声;(牙齿)打颤
v.喋喋不休地谈;咔嗒作响
英语例句 (1) Girls have a stronger tendency to chatter than boys.
(2) So does all bird chatter or animal sounds have a communication behind it.
中文例句 (1) 女孩子较男孩子性好饶舌。
(2) 所有鸟类的啁啾声或动物的声音后都有着交流。
vocabulary简明 To chatter is to talk lightly or casually — to shoot the breeze or chitchat. You might chatter with your workmates about the weather or where you'll eat lunch.
vocabulary扩展 You probably chatter with your friends all the time without even thinking about it, gossiping or talking about unimportant things. You can call the talk itself chatter too: "The chatter in the cafeteria was so loud I couldn't hear myself think." In the 13th century, it was chateren, from an imitative Middle English root.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]唠叨;喋喋不休 If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important.
  [V adv/prep]
  [V about n]
  [V-ing]
  [Also V]
  [usu the N of n]
  • Everyone's chattering away in different languages...

    大家操着不同的语言喋喋不休地说着。

  • Erica was friendly and chattered about Andrew's children...

    埃丽卡很和气,不停地念叨着安德鲁的孩子们。

  • He listened to chattering maids as they passed by.

    他留神听着从身边走过的姑娘们嘴里在闲扯着什么。

  • Chatter is also a noun.
    • ...idle chatter...

      闲聊

    • Lila kept up a steady stream of chatter.

      莉拉一直说个没完。

2
[VERB 动词](牙齿)打战,咯咯响 If your teeth chatter, they keep knocking together because you are very cold or very nervous.
  [V]
  • She was so cold her teeth chattered.

    她冻得牙齿咯咯响。

3
[VERB 动词]发出咯咯声(或嗒嗒声) If objects chatter, they make short repeated sounds.
  [V]
  • The telex chattered all day and night with news bulletins.

    电传机没日没夜“嗒嗒嗒”地接收新闻稿。

  • Chatter is also a noun.
    • ...the mountains where the chatter of the chairlift cable over the pulley wheel is the loudest noise.

      升降椅的缆绳在滑轮上发出的咯吱声盖过其他一切声响的群山

4
[VERB 动词](鸟)鸣叫,啁啾;(动物)唧唧叫,吱吱叫 When birds or animals chatter, they make high-pitched noises.
  [V]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • Birds were chattering somewhere.

    鸟儿在某处唧唧喳喳地叫着。

  • Chatter is also a noun.
    • ...almond trees vibrating with the chatter of crickets.

      伴随蟋蟀的叫声颤动的杏树

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