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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Her essays appear every Friday in "Drilling Platform" of Miri Daily, and in other columns like "Chitchat" and "Long and Short".
每周五在美里日报「钻油台」专栏执笔，另有专栏「闲话」与「长短说」。 - 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。 - 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 members were enjoying a bit of chitchat when the gavel sounded.
大家正在闲聊的时候，主席的槌响了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。