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

• 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。
• EXAMPLE: My sisters and I like to chitchat on the phone after work.
  姐姐和我喜欢在下班后用电话闲聊。
• 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。
• He talks about you nine times out of ten when we have a chitchat.
  每次我们闲聊他几乎都谈及你。
• 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。
• 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。
• EXAMPLE: I am bored by the chitchat at our company parties, so I usually leave early.
  公司聚会上的闲言碎语让我心烦，所以我通常早早离开。
• 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。
• Gerstner isn't one for chitchat& or the finer points of corporate etiquette. Pats on the back aren't his style, either.
  Gerstner不是一个闲谈的人，也不是一个公众礼节完善的人，轻拍后背也不是他的风格。