chatter

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n. 饶舌, 啁啾, 喋喋不休 vi. 喋喋不休地谈, (鸟)啭鸣

发音

UK /ˈtʃætə/
其它
US /ˈt͡ʃætɚ/

词形变化

chatters 复数 chattered chatterest chattereth chattering chatters 三单 chatters chattering 现在分词 chattered 过去式 chattered 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

喋喋不休地说；使卡嗒卡嗒作声

动词

唠叨；喋喋不休；（动物等）吱吱叫

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.

    废话

    闲话

    不可数
  2. 2.

    The sound of talking.

    不可数
  3. 3.

    The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.

    不可数
  4. 4.

    In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.

    不可数

    The NSA is concerned about increased chatter between known terror groups.

  5. 5.

    The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.

    不可数
  6. 6.

    An intermittent noise, as from vibration.

    不可数

    Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter.

  7. 7.

    The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.

    不可数
  8. 1.

    One who chats.

  9. 2.

    A user of livestream chat.

  10. 3.

    A user of chat rooms.

v.
  1. 1.

    To talk idly.

    唠叨

    不及物

    They knitted and chattered the whole time.

  2. 2.

    To make a noise by rapid collisions.

    不及物

    He was so cold that his teeth were chattering.

    The software in modern machine tools can often predict and prevent movements that would cause the cutting tool to chatter.

  3. 3.

    To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

chattering yak cackle yack yakety-yak

上位词 3

talk talking noise

下位词 4

prattle blether chin music prate
动词

同义词 10

visit chat click gossip jaw chitchat clack blab blabber tattle

上位词 10

go talk cut speak sound mouth utter converse discourse verbalize

下位词 10

babble jawbone schmooze blather blether blither schmoose shmoose shmooze smatter

相关短语

chatter mark 振纹, 颤痕 chatter marks chatter ring chatter rings roof-brain chatter

词源

Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatter From Middle English chateren, from earlier cheteren, chiteren (“to twitter, chatter, jabber”), of imitative origin. Compare Saterland Frisian tjoaterje (“to chatter”), West Frisian tsjotterje (“to chatter”), Dutch schateren, schetteren (“chatter”), Dutch koeteren (“jabber”), Middle Low German kidderen (“to chatter”), German Low German queteln (“to chatter”), dialectal German kaudern (“to gobble (like a turkey)”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter, chirp”).

来源：wiktionary