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
- 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。 - The elderly at home together in twos and threes strip beans, wash vegetables and chitchat about the past, see the leaves carved by the traces of the years drift downstream.
家中的老人三三两两聚在一起，剥豆子，洗蔬菜，拉拉家常叙叙往事，看岁月的痕迹刻在落叶上顺水而去。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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」。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。