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BNC: 10712 COCA: 10403

chatter

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chat·ter1 /ˈtʃætə $ -ər/ verb [intransitiveI]  
1  TALK TO somebody (also chatter away/on) to talk quickly in a friendly way without stopping, especially about things that are not serious or important 唠叨，喋喋不休
 She chattered away happily until she noticed I wasn’t listening.
她开心地说个不停，直到发觉我没在听才停下来。
 She chattered excitedly like a child.
她像个孩子似的兴奋地讲个不停。
chatter about
 We were chattering about the events of last night.
我们在闲聊昨晚发生的事情。
2. CSOUNDif birds or monkeys chatter, they make short high sounds 〔鸟〕鸣叫，啁啾；〔猴子〕吱吱叫
3. COLDif your teeth are chattering, you are so cold or frightened that your teeth are knocking together 〔牙齿因寒冷或恐惧〕打战，咯咯作响
4. the chattering classes British EnglishBrECLASS IN SOCIETY educated middle-class people who like to discuss and have opinions about recent events and situations in society 喜欢发表评论的中产阶级
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the chattering classes• Hamlet re-visited, or Art aspiring to the condition of group therapy for the chattering classes?• No ordinary person wants them any more, though they will for years to come provide talking points for the chattering classes.• The chattering classes of Blackheath may find his food digestible enough, but my cellmate Paul was flabbergasted.
—chatterer noun [countableC]
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chatter• Mitchell had forgotten she chattered a lot, this inflated gaiety, whenever she was hyper or high.• Michele sat there chattering about her minor ailments to anyone who would listen.• A teleprinter was chattering away in the corner.• I could hear the boys chattering away in the other room.• The tiny gray-haired woman chattered continuously as she demonstrated how to make a tortilla.• People chattering, doors opening and closing, loud male greetings, the level of noise rising.• The radio suddenly chatters into life; the phone rings ...• Its automatic weapons chatter nightly, and mortars crump in reply.• A few minutes later Dexter watched the printer chatter out around two and a half thousand names and addresses.• They poured out of the school chattering with their friends.
chatter about• What were you two chattering about?
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chatter2 noun [uncountableU]  
1  TALK TO somebodyinformal talk, especially about things that are not serious or important 聊天，闲谈；唠叨
chatter of
 the excited chatter of the audience
观众兴奋的交谈
 Jane’s constant chatter was annoying him.
简不停的唠叨惹恼了他。
 gossip and idle chatter
闲言碎语和唠叨
 She was full of chatter about her new friends.
她一个劲地聊她的新朋友。
2  CSOUNDa series of short high sounds made by some birds or monkeys 〔鸟类的〕鸣叫声，啾啾叫声；〔猴子的〕吱吱叫声
chatter of
 the chatter of birds
鸟儿的唧唧喳喳
3  CSOUNDa hard quick repeated sound made by your teeth knocking together or by machines 〔牙齿打战的〕咯咯声；〔机器的〕震颤声
chatter of
 the chatter of the printer
打印机咯咯作响
Examples from the Corpus
chatter• Jane's constant chatter was beginning to annoy him.• Audrey had arrived late, and her twittering, terrified, inept chatter was the most touching touch of all.• Now, off with your clothes and no more chatter.• His job as a government lobbyist for the Federal Communications Commission depends on nonstop chatter.• The sound came back and I heard the chatter on the radio.• I woke up to the chatter of helicopters flying overhead.• Yet I can not share in the triumphalist chatter of the past three days, so reminiscent of 1987.• I think many users are starting to get very tired of all the spamming and useless chatter that is happening on Usenet.
constant chatter• Jane's constant chatter was beginning to annoy him.• Arnold talks to the crowd, but he doesn't have Trevino's constant chatter.
Origin chatter1
(1200-1300) From the sound
chat·ter1 verbchatter2 noun
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BNC: 10712 COCA: 10403
chatter

noun

ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤constant, endless, incessant不停的嘮叨◇Her constant chatter was starting to annoy me.她的喋喋不休開始惹我厭煩了。➤excited, loud, nervous, noisy興奮的／大聲的／神經兮兮的／嘈雜的嘮叨▸➤idle無聊的絮叨◇I wish you'd stop wasting time in idle chatter.我希望你別再浪費時間瞎絮叨了。➤inane, mindless愚蠢的／沒腦子的嘮叨➤background背景顫振聲➤Internet, radio因特網的／無線電的顫振聲◇Enemy radio chatter indicated the plane was carrying weapons.敵方無線電台的顫振聲表明該飛機載有武器。PREPOSITION➤chatter about嘮叨⋯◇She was full of chatter about her new friends.她喋喋不休地談着她的新朋友。
chatter

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤excitedly, happily, loudly興奮地／高興地／大聲地嘮叨▸➤endlessly, incessantly沒完沒了地／不停地嘮叨▸➤away, on不停地嘮叨◇He chattered on happily for about half an hour.他高興地嘮叨了差不多半個鐘頭。PREPOSITION➤about嘮叨⋯◇We chattered about work.我們聊起了工作。➤to和⋯嘮叨◇He chattered excitedly to his friends.他興奮地和朋友嘮叨起來。
BNC: 10712 COCA: 10403
chatter noun
⇨ discussionchatter verb
⇨ chat
BNC: 10712 COCA: 10403
chatter
To talk a lot about other people or unimportant things: gossip, chatter, prattle...
To talk continuously and too much: chunter, keep on, go on...
Bird behaviour: alight, beat, be on the wing...
To have or use teeth: bite, bite, bite at...
Informal conversation about other people or unimportant things: conversation, chat, gossip...
Bird sounds: birdsong, chatter, chirp...
Sounds made by animals: bark, bellow, bleat...

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