chatter
vi. 唠叨,喋喋不休; (鸟等)鸣,啁啾; (牙齿,机器等)振动,打颤; 运动时摇摆或嘎嘎作响
vt. 不加思索地说出
n. 闲聊; 咔哒声; (动物的)啁啾声; 潺潺流水声
If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important.
Everyone's chattering away in different languages...
大家操着不同的语言喋喋不休地说着。
Erica was friendly and chattered about Andrew's children...
埃丽卡很和气,不停地念叨着安德鲁的孩子们。
If your teeth chatter, they keep knocking together because you are very cold or very nervous.
She was so cold her teeth chattered.
她冻得牙齿咯咯响。
If objects chatter, they make short repeated sounds.
The telex chattered all day and night with news bulletins.
电传机没日没夜“嗒嗒嗒”地接收新闻稿。
When birds or animals chatter, they make high-pitched noises.
Birds were chattering somewhere.
鸟儿在某处唧唧喳喳地叫着。
1. noisy talk
2. the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
3. the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
1. click repeatedly or uncontrollably;
2. cut unevenly with a chattering tool
3. talk socially without exchanging too much information;
4. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
5. make noise as if chattering away;
the chattering classes
(贬)喋喋阶级(受过教育的人士,尤指学术界、艺术界或媒体人士,习惯于发表有关社会和文化的自由主义见解)
I sent him away because I was tired lf his idle chatter.
我把他迁走了,因为他那无聊的闲扯使我厌烦.
She could not concentrate with the noisy chatter of the women at the next table.
隔壁桌的女人们嘈杂的聊天声让她无法集中思想.
Hair salon chatter is a unique linguistic phenomenon in itself.
美发沙龙中的聊天本身就是一种独特的语言现象.
Her continuous chatter vexes me.
她的喋喋不休使我烦透了.
In the countryside the only sound she could hear was the chatter of birds.
在乡下她能听到唯一的声音就是鸟儿的啁啾声.