| 单词 | chatter |
| 释义 | chatter (tʃætəʳ ) Word forms: chatters , chattering , chattered 1. verb If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important. Everyone's chattering away in different languages. [VERB adverb/preposition] Erica was friendly and chattered about Andrew's children. [VERB + about] He listened to chattering maids as they passed by. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: prattle, chat, rabbit on [British, informal], babble Chatter is also a noun. ...idle chatter. Lila kept up a steady stream of chatter. 2. uncountable noun Chatter is electronic communication that security agencies listen to in order to find out about possible threats or attacks. Intercepted chatter confirmed that he was in enemy hands. The police will have been gathering intelligence by monitoring internet chatter. 3. verb If your teeth chatter, they keep knocking together because you are very cold or very nervous. She was so cold her teeth chattered. [VERB] 4. verb If objects chatter, they make short repeated sounds. The telex chattered all day and night with news bulletins. [VERB] Chatter is also a noun. ...the chatter of radios and the noise of the helicopter overhead. 5. verb When birds or animals chatter, they make high-pitched noises. [literary] Birds were chattering somewhere. [VERB] Chatter is also a noun. ...almond trees vibrating with the chatter of crickets. [+ of] Collocations: chatter excitedly I imagine crowds of students filing out of a lecture hall chattering excitedly. Times, Sunday Times Fans chattered excitedly and took pictures, wondering which megastar was on board. The Sun Within seconds of touch-down it was surrounded by a conspicuous posse of emer-gency vehicles and an equally large contingent of television reporters chattering excitedly about a stricken jet. Times, Sunday Times Coverage of the phenomenon in the press has been mirrored by constant chatter in internet chatrooms and on online message boards. Times, Sunday Times The quaint 'sir' with which players once approached officials has been replaced with a constant chatter aimed to pressurise the referee. Times, Sunday Times As a pro, he used to drive opponents to distraction with his constant chatter, jokes, questions, impersonations, gurning, desperation to be noticed, admired, loved. Times, Sunday Times There was one comradely concert in 2005 but, despite constant chatter about moneymaking reunions, the band appear to be finished. Times, Sunday Times He attended a weekly lunch club, where he enjoyed the 'constant chatter' that was now missing from his daily life. Times, Sunday Times Excited chatter dissolves as fearful eyes stare at the bank of lights hanging over the track. Times, Sunday Times It did not, to put it at its mildest, result in a great deal of excited chatter about a new political dawn. Times, Sunday Times The excited chatter as they came off the water soon turned into a miasma of doubt. Times, Sunday Times Over the past five years there has been much excited chatter in the press announcing that we are living through a 'beard revolution'. The Times Literary Supplement The nearby cafés were alive with excited chatter, largely emanating from those in replica green-and-gold shirts. Times, Sunday Times They are too busy for idle chatter. Times, Sunday Times (2010) In biblical narratives, there is no idle chatter. Christianity Today (2000) He was a great one for idle chatter, and often would say anything that came into his head. Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995) He captured a 72-second radio burst, 30 times louder than naturally occurring radio chatter from space. The Sun A barrage of radio chatter floods into my headset. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a recording of intercepted police radio chatter, which has also been posted, several snipers are heard taking orders and co-ordinating the firing. Times, Sunday Times Then intercepted radio chatter confirmed that he was in enemy hands. Times, Sunday Times But the record of police radio chatter, in which an officer reports gunfire 'inside the 1200 building' seems to contradict that statement. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 喋喋不休地说 不重要的事 Japanese: ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる |
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