chatter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtʃætə/    美 /ˈt͡ʃætɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk. uncountable,usually
    — Although hardly coming under my theme, I cannot omit this: "Against a woman's chatter: Taste at night fasting a root of radish, that day the chatter cannot harm thee."
  2. One who chats.
  3. The sound of talking. uncountable,usually
  4. A user of livestream chat. Internet
  5. The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica. uncountable,usually
  6. A user of chat rooms. Internet
    — During the chat sessions, two outreach team members would engage in a conversation about the topic chosen for that event in the main chat room and entice other chatters to join in.
  7. The vocalisations of various birds or other animals. uncountable,usually
    — The hare cried and complained of the terrible February cold and the disgusting chatter of the owls[.]
  8. An intermittent noise, as from vibration. uncountable,usually
    — Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter.
  9. In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity. uncountable,usually
    — The NSA is concerned about increased chatter between known terror groups.
  10. The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly. uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To talk idly. intransitive
    — They knitted and chattered the whole time.
  2. To make a noise by rapid collisions. intransitive,usually
    — He was so cold that his teeth were chattering.
  3. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
    — The jay makes answer, as the magpie chatters with delight.

词形变化

chatters plural chatters present,singular,third-person chattering participle,present chattered participle,past chattered past chatters plural

词汇关系

近义词
babble bavardage bibble-babble blab blabber blabbing blather blathering chatter chinwag chit-chat claver clepe gabble hot air mardle natter palaver prate prattle scuttlebutt small talk tattle twaddle waffle yackety-yak yap yatter
上位词
talk
衍生词
antichatter chatterati chatteration chatterbag chatter-basket chatterbot chatterbox chatterish chatter ring chattersome chitter-chatter cyberchatter roof-brain chatter achatter chatterer chatter mark chattery outchatter
相关词
chatterbox talkative nonsense

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der.
Middle English chateren
English chatter
From Middle English chateren, from earlier cheteren, chiteren (“to twitter, chatter, jabber”), of imitative origin. Compare Saterland Frisian tjoaterje (“to chatter”), West Frisian tsjotterje (“to chatter”), Dutch schateren, schetteren (“chatter”), Dutch koeteren (“jabber”), Middle Low German kidderen (“to chatter”), German Low German queteln (“to chatter”), dialectal German kaudern (“to gobble (like a turkey)”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter, chirp”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English chatterder.
English chat
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English chatter
From chat + -er.
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