chatter
chatter 英 [ˈtʃætə(r)] 美 [ˈtʃætɚ]
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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- To chatter is to talk lightly or casually — to shoot the breeze or chitchat. You might chatter with your workmates about the weather or where you'll eat lunch.
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- 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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1. He turned off as she kept up her chatter.
她喋喋不休时，他没有去听。
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2. We expect the din of the cloud-related chatter to turn into a real roar by this time next year.
我们期望云相关的喋喋不休的喧闹在明年的这个时候变成真正的咆哮。
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3. I couldn't have guessed then, drifting to sleep to the sound of their amiable chatter, that every last one of them was a terrorist.
在他们和蔼可亲的唠叨声中，我终于进入了梦乡。 当时的我怎么也不会想到——其实这些人都是恐怖分子。
- chatter (n.) mid-13c., "a run of quick, shrill sounds," originally of birds, from chatter (v.). Meaning "idle or foolish talk" is by 1831.
- chatter (v.) early 13c., chateren "to twitter, make quick, shrill sounds" (of birds), "to gossip, talk idly or thoughtlessly" (of persons), earlier cheateren, chiteren, of echoic origin. Compare Dutch koeteren "jabber," Danish kvidre "twitter, chirp." Of teeth, "make a rattling noise from cold or fright," mid-15c. Related: Chattered; chattering.
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