chit-chat

英 [ˈtʃɪt tʃæt]

美 [ˈtʃɪt tʃæt]

n.  闲聊; 聊天; 闲谈

牛津词典

noun

• 闲聊；聊天；闲谈
  conversation about things that are not important

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 闲聊;聊天
  Chit-chatis informal talk about things that are not very important.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• light informal conversation for social occasions
  Synonym:chitchatchit chatsmall talkgabgabfestgossiptittle-tattlechin wagchin-wagchin waggingchin-waggingcauserie

verb

• talk socially without exchanging too much information
  1. the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
  Synonym:chew the fatshoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchitchatchatterchaffernattergossipjawclavervisit

双语例句

• They may not be much at English chit-chat ( Chinese schools are notorious for thinking language has nothing to do with communication), but one thing seems clear: they are born knowing how to spell Tiger Mother.
  这些学生可能不太擅长用英文聊天（中国的学校总是觉得语言与交流无关），但有一件事似乎非常清楚：他们生来就知道如何拼写虎妈（TigerMother）。
• Usually the person you've called, 14 they'd like to chit-chat too.
  一般和你打电话的那个人，也会喜欢闲聊。
• Encourage others to talk so you wont have to make the idle chit-chat.
  鼓励别人去多说，这样你就不必说些家长里短的话了。
• Stop this idle chit-chat and get on with your work!
  停止这种闲聊，做你的工作！
• The new radio station promises to replace chit-chat with more music.
  新电台保证用更多音乐代替闲聊。
• This is a process based on chit-chat and they obscured what they needed to.
  这是在闲聊的过程中，某些人隐晦的提出自己的要求。
• We just got together chit-chat and had some snacks.
  我们一家人聚在一起聊聊天，吃点零食。
• After some stilted end-of-interview chit-chat, park puts her thatcheresque handbag over her arm and leaves.
  在一些客套的采访结束语后，朴槿惠挎上她的撒切尔式手包离开了。
• 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。
• Formal papers aren't casual conversations in tone or content, but they do share with chit-chat the goal of communication.
  正式的文章无论语气与内容都和日常对话不同，但目的却相同，都是要沟通。