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chat

Word family 
chat1 /tʃæt/ ●●○ verb (chatted, chatting) [intransitiveI]  
1  (also chat away) especially British EnglishBrETALK TO somebody to talk in a friendly informal way, especially about things that are not important 闲聊，闲谈，聊天
 John and I sat up until the early hours chatting.
我和约翰聊到凌晨才睡。
chat with/to
 Mary was there, chatting to her mother.
玛丽也在，和她母亲闲聊。
chat about
 Susie chatted away about her social life.
苏茜聊起了她的社交生活。
2. to communicate with several people in a chat room on the Internet 〔在网上聊天室里〕聊天
3 chat somebody ↔ up phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informalTALK TO somebody to talk to someone in a way that shows you are sexually attracted to them 与…搭讪，与…调情
 I spent the evening chatting up Liz.
我整晚都在和利兹调情。
Examples from the Corpus
chat up• In reality, he was allowing the guy second in the queue to get a good head start while chatting her up.• Peter came in and began to chat me up.• Then brother Jack strolled in and he wasted no time in chatting them up.• What he appeared to be doing was chatting her up.• While cross-dressing, he never once was found out by men and some attempted to chat him up.• So I went there and cornered her in the canteen and tried to chat her up for half an hour.• But chaps who try chat - up lines of their own get the boot - because she likes to call the shots.• Ken chatted Belinda up so she said she wouldn't come round any more, or so Brenda reported.
n GRAMMAR: Reciprocal verbs
Chat is a reciprocal verb. This type of verb is used when saying that two or more people or things do something that involves both or all of them:
The boys were chatting.
You can also say:
The boys were chatting with each other.
He was chatting with the boys.
Examples from the Corpus
chat• The girls were sitting on the steps, chatting.• We drank our coffee and chatted about our experiences.• The two women chatted all evening.• Taking a breath, Calipari smiles and wades into the throng, chatting amiably as he obliges each request.• That would be her neighbour wanting to chat for a few minutes.• Ever so subtly, still chatting navigation with me, Neil accommodates, reeling Rachel in at just the right time.• Meanwhile, over breakfast, we chatted of this and that.• Harry chatted to a couple of Australian tourists as we waited for the show to begin.• You can chat to Brad Pitt live this evening.• However, time passed pleasantly enough, chatting to other members of my group and absorbing the atmosphere of the building.• When Dexter met the superintendent twenty minutes later, Blanche stood outside the Inside Out office still chatting to the security guard.• We were alone, with a dilatory guard outside chatting with a secretary.
chat with/to• Some pass the evening chatting to a Member of Parliament on a fact-finding mission.• A companion who would sit and chat with her, like she and Maisie used to chat?• The parents and grandparents chat with one another as they get their books together and begin to go downstairs.• Dad really enjoys chatting with people from other countries.• The three of them chatted with some of the Soviet negotiators to the Geneva talks.• In 1980 I got chatting to Stan Francourt, the caddie who was with me when I had the accident in 1973.• This woman with a red headscarf is looking at them and chatting to the man behind the stall.• When Dexter met the superintendent twenty minutes later, Blanche stood outside the Inside Out office still chatting to the security guard.
chat2 ●●○ noun [countableC, uncountableU]  
1 especially British EnglishBrETALK TO somebody an informal friendly conversation 闲谈，聊天
chat with
 I’ve had a long chat with Vinnie.
我和文尼聊了好一会儿。
chat about
 a chat about the weather
聊天气
 She was enjoying their friendly little chat.
她很喜欢他们那种友好的闲聊。
 She used to drop in for a chat quite often.
她以前常常会过来聊聊天。
→ backchat
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
have a chat
We were just having a chat.
call in/round for a chat
Are you free later if I call in for a chat?
meet up for a chat
Sometimes we go to the cinema or just meet up for a chat.
enjoy a chat
Most people enjoy a good chat.
adjectives
a little chat
Why don’t you call her and have a little chat.
a brief chat formal:
My manager said he wanted to have a brief chat with me.
a bit of a chat spoken British EnglishBrE:
Perhaps I could have a bit of a chat with him.
a long chat
We sat down and had a long chat.
a friendly chat
New students sometimes just need to have a friendly chat with someone.
a cosy chat (=a relaxed and usually private one)
I made some coffee and we had a cosy chat.
an informal chat
Come and see me any time if you want an informal chat about jobs.
a private/confidential chat
Have a confidential chat with the school nurse.
a quiet chat (=one that other people will not interrupt.)
Let’s go and have a quiet chat over lunch.
an online chat (=one had with someone over the internet)
With MSN you can have an online chat with your friends.
Examples from the Corpus
chat• You and your companion can learn french, practise yoga - or simply have a coffee and a chat.• He was a very nice man and said we could come in for a chat.• He didn't want anything in particular. He just stopped for a chat.• I'm actually glad you're late - it gave Ken and me a chance to have a good chat.• Allow a minute or two of informal chat to relax both of you.• Informal chats with guests provide an excellent opportunity to meet consumers and answer their questions about farming and food production.• Sit down, my dear, I'd like to have a little chat with you.• She is a natural chat artiste and has pulled the Oprah act of walking into the crowd in speeches before.• Mary took Tina in the other room for a private chat.
had ... chat• And he had the chat to go with it.• Suddenly he had time to chat.• He told me that he had chatted with my father.• You see, I had a chat with Nicola at the party and Maggie became hysterical.• I had a chat with Lynne Donato this morning.• She thought about the few times in the past two months when they had chatted over the phone.• They had a brief chat that Will remembers well.
From Longman Business Dictionary
chatchat /tʃæt/ verb [intransitiveI]
COMPUTINGto have a conversation with other people on the Internet by typing in your words
Chatting is one of the most popular activities on the Internet.
—chat noun [uncountableU]
Chat has its own jargon which is not used in other forms of English.
Origin chat2
(1400-1500) chatter
chat1 verb →n GRAMMAR1chat2 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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