| 单词 | chatter |
| 释义 | Word Frequency chatter(ˈtʃætə) verb 1. to speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly; prattle 2. (intransitive) (of birds, monkeys, etc) to make rapid repetitive high-pitched noises resembling human speech 3. (intransitive) (of the teeth) to click together rapidly through cold or fear 4. (intransitive) to make rapid intermittent contact with a component, as in machining, causing irregular cutting noun 5. idle or foolish talk; gossip 6. the high-pitched repetitive noise made by a bird, monkey, etc 7. the rattling of objects, such as parts of a machine 8. Also called: chatter mark the undulating pattern of marks in a machined surface from the vibration of the tool or workpiece Derived forms chattery (ˈchattery) adjective Word origin C13: of imitative origin |
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