英语词典 · 单词释义
chatter
英 ['tʃætə] 美 ['tʃætɚ]
这里集中整理“chatter”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vi. 唠叨；喋喋不休；（动物等）吱吱叫
- vt. 喋喋不休地说；使卡嗒卡嗒作声
- n. 唠叨；饶舌；（动物的）啁啾声；潺潺流水声
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
第三人称单数: chatters;过去式: chattered;过去分词: chattered;现在分词: chattering;
中文词源
chatter 聊天
来自chat. -er，表反复。
英文词源
- chatter (v.)
- early 13c., chateren "to twitter, gossip," earlier cheateren, chiteren, of echoic origin. Compare Dutch koeteren "jabber," Danish kvidre "twitter, chirp." Related: Chattered; chattering. Phrase chattering class in use by 1893, with a reference perhaps from 1843:
Such was the most interesting side of the fatal event to that idle chattering class of London life to whom the collision of heaven and earth were important only as affording matter for "news!" [Catherine Grace F. Gore ("Mrs. Gore"), "The Banker's Wife," 1843]
- chatter (n.)
- mid-13c., originally of birds, from chatter (v.).
双语例句
- 1. Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
- 布赖恩又絮絮地唠叨了5分钟。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Lila kept up a steady stream of chatter.
- 莉拉一直说个没完。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Troy's chatter kept me from thinking dark thoughts.
- 特洛伊的喋喋不休让我暂时收起了阴郁思绪。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The chatter of voices gradually quietened.
- 唧唧喳喳的声音渐渐地平静了。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. The room resonated with the chatter of 100 people.
- 屋里会合着100人唧唧喳喳的声音。
来自《权威词典》