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

• In practicing, you have to try not to have gaps: make movements continuously and develop awareness continuously, know with awareness all the time, don't talk and chitchat a lot.
  修习时，你必须努力持续不断：不停地动以及持续地培养觉性，随时用觉性去感知，不要多说话及聊天。
• 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。
• Painful chitchat on a train is one thing, but workplace TMI is its own monster.
  在火车上痛苦的闲聊是一回事，工作上的TMI却是个可怕怪兽。
• 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。
• She angled her column of chitchat towards teen-agers.
  她的闲话专栏着眼于青少年。
• 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。
• Enough of the chitchat. where's the girl?
  说够了吧。那女的去哪里了？
• 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。
• 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。
• With such meaty topics to discuss, there is little time for chitchat.
  由于要讨论的话题如此之多，我们没有多少时间闲聊。