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
- 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。 - 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。 - During a lunch break, he and the buyer passed the time with some chitchat.
午饭休息时间，他与顾客谈天闲聊以消磨时间。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I met him the other day on the street, and had the usual chitchat about paris.
不久前的一天，我在街上碰到他，像往常一样闲聊了一会儿有关巴黎的情况。 - 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。 - 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。