英语词汇“chatterbox”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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A chatterbox is a person who tends to use a whole lot of words without having much of anything to say. If you're constantly whispering to your friend during math class, your annoyed teacher might call you a chatterbox.

The informal word chatterbox is the perfect term for the annoying, incessant talker you always seem to end up sitting next to on long plane trips. Chatterbox dates from the 1770s, a combination of chatter, an echoic or onomatopoeic word, and box, giving chatterbox the sense of "a box or container full of idle chatter."

WORD FAMILY

chatterbox: chatterboxes

USAGE EXAMPLES

If you think you detect a similarity between these two midnight chatterboxes, you are not mistaken.

New York Times(Nov 13, 2016)

Songbird set the pace through the early stages of the race, with I’m a Chatterbox and Beholder in close pursuit.

New York Times(Nov 04, 2016)

She described her grandson, who lives with his mother, as “very intelligent,” a chatterbox who loves playing guitar.

Washington Times(Nov 05, 2016)

n an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

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babbler, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter

speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer

someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

n orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf

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Epipactis gigantea, giant helleborine, stream orchid

helleborine

any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis

单词	chatterbox
释义	chatterbox (once / 12669 pages) 1n 2n A chatterbox is a person who tends to use a whole lot of words without having much of anything to say. If you're constantly whispering to your friend during math class, your annoyed teacher might call you a chatterbox. The informal word chatterbox is the perfect term for the annoying, incessant talker you always seem to end up sitting next to on long plane trips. Chatterbox dates from the 1770s, a combination of chatter, an echoic or onomatopoeic word, and box, giving chatterbox the sense of "a box or container full of idle chatter." WORD FAMILY chatterbox: chatterboxes USAGE EXAMPLES If you think you detect a similarity between these two midnight chatterboxes, you are not mistaken. New York Times(Nov 13, 2016) Songbird set the pace through the early stages of the race, with I’m a Chatterbox and Beholder in close pursuit. New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) She described her grandson, who lives with his mother, as “very intelligent,” a chatterbox who loves playing guitar. Washington Times(Nov 05, 2016) 1 n an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker Syn\|Hyper babbler, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) 2 n orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf Syn\|Hyper Epipactis gigantea, giant helleborine, stream orchid helleborine any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
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