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
- Painful chitchat on a train is one thing, but workplace TMI is its own monster.
在火车上痛苦的闲聊是一回事，工作上的TMI却是个可怕怪兽。 - I like to chitchat with my friends on phone.
我喜欢用电话与我的朋友们聊聊天。 - 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。 - 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。 - I met him the other day on the street, and had the usual chitchat about paris.
不久前的一天，我在街上碰到他，像往常一样闲聊了一会儿有关巴黎的情况。 - He talks about you nine times out of ten when we have a chitchat.
每次我们闲聊他几乎都谈及你。 - Not even the most dedicated person is immune to the temptation of occasional chitchat.
即使是最专注的人也禁不起偶尔聊天的诱惑。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。