chatter
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they chatter | |
| he / she / it chatters | |
| past simple chattered | |
| past participle chattered | |
| -ing form chattering |
- [intransitive]
to talk quickly and continuously, especially about things that are not important 喋喋不休；唠叨；饶舌 - chatter away
They chattered away happily for a while. 他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。 - chatter on
He chattered on happily for about half an hour. 他高兴地唠叨了差不多半个钟头。 - chatter to somebody
He chattered excitedly to his friends. 他兴奋地和朋友唠叨起来。 - chatter about something
We chattered about work. 我们聊起了工作。 - chatter (away/on) (to somebody) (about something)
The children chattered to each other excitedly about the next day's events. 孩子们很兴奋，没完没了地谈论着第二天的活动。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- excitedly
- happily
- loudly
- …
- about
- to
- chatter away
- [intransitive]
(of teeth 牙齿 to knock together continuously because you are cold or frightened （因冷或害怕）打颤 Her teeth chattered as she dressed. 她穿衣服时牙齿格格作响。
- [intransitive]
(of birds or monkeys 禽或猴 to make a series of short high sounds 鸣叫；啼啭；啁啾；唧唧叫；吱吱叫 The only sounds we could hear were the birds chattering in the trees. 我们能听到的唯一声音是鸟儿在树上叽叽喳喳地叫。
Word OriginMiddle English: imitative.
Idioms
the chattering classes
- (British English, usually disapproving)
the people in society who like to give their opinions on political or social issues 喜欢（对政治或社会问题）发表意见的人 Constitutional reform is popular among the chattering classes. 宪法改革在喋喋不休的阶层中很受欢迎。 topics being discussed at the breakfast tables of the chattering classes 聒噪阶层在早餐桌上讨论的话题