chat

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
/ˈt͡ʃæt/    /ˈt͡ʃæt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of chaat. alt-of,alternative
  2. A louse (small, parasitic insect). Australia,New-Zealand,UK,World-War-I,slang
    — 'Do officers have chats, then, the same as us?' 'Not the same, no. The chats they got is bigger and better, with pips on their shoulders and Sam Browne belts.'
  3. Mining waste from lead and zinc mines. regional
    — Frank had been looking at calcite crystals for a while now [...] among the chats or zinc tailings of the Lake County mines, down here in the silver lodes of the Vita Madre and so forth.
  4. A small potato, such as is given to swine.
    — Wheat and potatoes were traditionally cash crops, though they also provided tail corn for the poultry and chats for the pigs
  5. Informal conversation. countable,uncountable
    — It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat.
  6. An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation. countable,uncountable
    — Internet Relay Chat
  7. A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream. Internet,uncountable
    — "Type yes in (the) chat if you can hear me."
  8. A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.; The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream. Internet,countable,metonymically,uncountable
    — The chat just made a joke about my poor skillz.
  9. A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.; Familiar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys." Internet,broadly,countable,humorous,nonstandard
  10. Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects. countable
  11. Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura. countable
动词 v.
  1. To be engaged in informal conversation.
    — She chatted with her friend in the cafe.
  2. To talk more than a few words.
    — I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.
  3. To talk of; to discuss. transitive
    — They chatted politics for a while.
  4. To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie). informal,often,slang
    — Don't listen to me, I'm chatting.
  5. To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters).
    — Do you want to chat online later?
感叹词 intj.
  1. Used to introduce a question, to address all the other people present. humorous,informal
    — Chat, is this real?

词形变化

chats present,singular,third-person chatting participle,present chatted participle,past chatted past chats plural chats plural chats plural chats plural chatt alternative chats plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English chatterder.
English chat
Clipping of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.
词源 2
Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad.
词源 3
Unknown.
词源 4
From thieves' cant.
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