natter

vi. 抱怨, 唠叨, 瞎扯

发音

US /ˈnætɚ/
其它
UK /ˈnætə/

词形变化

natters 复数 natters nattered nattering natters 三单 nattering 现在分词 nattered 过去式 nattered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Mindless and irrelevant chatter.

    非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To talk casually; to discuss unimportant matters.

    非正式

    What are you guys nattering about? You're clearly not following the meeting!

  2. 2.

    To nag.

    苏格兰

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

visit chatter chat gossip jaw chitchat shoot the breeze confabulate chaffer chew the fat

上位词 2

converse discourse

下位词 5

jawbone schmooze schmoose shmoose shmooze

词源

From a Northern England dialectal variant of gnatter (also knatter) ("to chatter, grumble; nibble away at"), ultimately of imitative origin. Cognate with German Low German gnattern (“to mumble, grumble, be grouchy”).

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