chatter的意思

chatter

英式音标['tʃætɚ]
美式英标['tʃætə]

基本解释

vi. 唠叨；喋喋不休；（动物等）吱吱叫

vt. 喋喋不休地说；使卡嗒卡嗒作声

n. 唠叨；饶舌；（动物的）啁啾声；潺潺流水声

chatter 聊天

来自chat. -er，表反复。

chatter (v.): early 13c., chateren "to twitter, gossip," earlier cheateren, chiteren, of echoic origin. Compare Dutch koeteren "jabber," Danish kvidre "twitter, chirp." Related: Chattered; chattering. Phrase chattering class in use by 1893, with a reference perhaps from 1843:
Such was the most interesting side of the fatal event to that idle chattering class of London life to whom the collision of heaven and earth were important only as affording matter for "news!" [Catherine Grace F. Gore ("Mrs. Gore"), "The Banker's Wife," 1843]
chatter (n.): mid-13c., originally of birds, from chatter (v.).

3. Troy's chatter kept me from thinking dark thoughts.: 特洛伊的喋喋不休让我暂时收起了阴郁思绪。