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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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」。
• She angled her column of chitchat towards teen-agers.
  她的闲话专栏着眼于青少年。
• 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。
• 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。
• Enough of the chitchat. where's the girl?
  说够了吧。那女的去哪里了？
• 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。