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
- 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。 - With such meaty topics to discuss, there is little time for chitchat.
由于要讨论的话题如此之多，我们没有多少时间闲聊。 - 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。 - He shook hands without rising, and made pointless chitchat.
他握手的时候并不起身，所说的也是一些不着边际的寒喧话。 - She angled her column of chitchat towards teen-agers.
她的闲话专栏着眼于青少年。 - After a few minutes of chitchat, Boris himself raised a very personal issue.
闲聊几分钟后，Boris自己谈起了一个十分私人的问题。 - 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。 - My father tried to make pleasant chitchat and eat as much as he could during halftime.
我父亲在中场休息时尽量聊些愉快的事儿并尽可能多吃东西。 - 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。 - Too many young workers have harmed their own careers by focusing on chitchat over work, or by deciding to dislike the boss just because a coworker does.
随意评论工作中的人与事已经毁了太多年轻员工的职业生涯。因为同事不喜欢老板，所以自己也决定不喜欢，这样做法也同样不可取。