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单词 chatter
释义
chatter
verb[I]
uk
/ˈtʃæt.ər/us
/ˈtʃæt̬.ɚ/

chatterverb[I](TALK/NOISE)

totalkfor alongtimeabout things that are notimportant:
唠叨；喋喋不休
Shespentthemorningchatteringawayto herfriends.她和朋友闲聊了一上午。
He chatteredhappilyabout nothing inparticular.他喋喋不休，却没讲什么特别的东西。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to talk to someone
  • talkA group of men were talking in the street.
  • speakCould I speak to you privately?
  • sayI couldn't hear what they were saying.
  • chatWe were just chatting about the party.
  • have a chatWe had a little chat over the garden wall.
  • chatterThey spent the morning chattering away.
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Ifanimalschatter, they makequick,repeatednoises:
（指动物）叽叽喳喳，吱吱叫，咯咯叫
Thegunshotmade themonkeyschatter inalarm.枪声使那群猴子惊慌地吱吱乱叫。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Informal talking & conversation
  • badinage
  • banter
  • bantering
  • bants
  • bloviate
  • bull session
  • buzz
  • catch up withsomeone
  • chinwag
  • chit-chat
  • discourse
  • exchange
  • gas
  • heart-to-heart
  • intercourse
  • pass
  • ultra-casual
  • understand
  • vox pop
  • word-of-mouth
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Animal (non-human) sounds

chatterverb[I](TEETH)

Ifyourteethchatter, theyknocktogetherrepeatedlybecause you are verycoldorfrightened:
（牙齿因受冷或受惊而）咯咯作响，打战
I couldhardlytalk, myteethwere chattering so much.我几乎说不了话，牙齿不停地打战。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making short, sudden movements
  • aquiver
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • convulsive
  • cringe
  • flick
  • jerkily
  • jerkiness
  • jerky
  • jig
  • jiggle
  • quake
  • quiver
  • recoil
  • shaky
  • shudder
  • squirm
  • toss
  • tremulous
  • whip
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chatter
noun[U]
uk
/ˈtʃæt.ər/us
/ˈtʃæt̬.ɚ/
conversationabout things that are notimportant:
喋喋不休的谈话；唠叨
I can'tconcentratewith Ann'sconstantchatter.安一直唠唠叨叨，我没法集中精力。
thequick,repeatednoisesthat someanimalsmake:
（动物的）鸣叫声，啁啾声，吱吱的叫声
He couldhearthe chatter ofbirdsin thetreesoverhead.他可以听见鸟儿在头顶的树上叽叽喳喳的叫声。
communicationbetweenpeopleover theinternet:
网上的交流
Expertsmonitorinternetchatter for thegovernment.政府雇用的专家监视人们在网上的交流内容。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Informal talking & conversation
  • badinage
  • banter
  • bantering
  • bants
  • bloviate
  • bull session
  • buzz
  • catch up withsomeone
  • chinwag
  • chit-chat
  • discourse
  • exchange
  • gas
  • heart-to-heart
  • intercourse
  • pass
  • ultra-casual
  • understand
  • vox pop
  • word-of-mouth
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Animal (non-human) sounds
Communications - general words
(Definition ofchatterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

chatter| American Dictionary

chatter
verb[I]
us
/ˈtʃæt̬·ər/
totalkcontinuouslyand usually for noseriouspurpose:
Theboysandgirlskeptchattering during themovie.
Ifyourteethchatter, you are socoldorfrightenedthat you can’tstopyourupperandlowerteethfromhittingagainst each other.
Ananimalor amachinethat chatters makes asoundlikefast,continuoustalking:
Birds chattered in thetrees.
Theprinterwas chattering away on thedesk.

chatter

noun[U]us
/ˈtʃæt̬·ər/
Theairwasfullof the chatter ofbirds.
(Definition ofchatterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchatter

chatter
His small eyes glowed and burned with a sombre light, and his thick lips were writhed back from his teeth, which grinned and chattered at us with half animal fury.
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I tried to listen carefully to his argument, but now he seems to want to spend the whole of the time chattering.
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What is attractive is the drama, which can promptly attract an audience; a drawing-room or a living-room audience, perhaps chattering away.
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He was blunt and almost unkind about what he called the "chattering classes".
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Frankly, it has not been helped by the way in which the chattering classes have reported it.
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The fact that such products are being sold means that there is greater interest in food, by and large among the chattering classes.
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People have been chattering for years about that but all to no avail.
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Objections and criticisms were rejected, on the basis that they were no more than dinner table talk at the soirees of the chattering classes.
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What we have is a war between the political classes, with members of the chattering classes starting to score points off one another.
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I wonder how many citizens in our respective constituencies are busy chattering about it?
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The chattering classes are trying to implement changes without any real support from the public.
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People are chattering about dropping the flat rate for fish.
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I believe that its parents are, first the chattering classes and, secondly, the spin doctors.
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He sits and chatters in a high voice.
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Until recently, it could have been said that freedom of information was a matter for the chattering classes.
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