Word · Frequency #10712
chatter
闲聊；唠叨
Talk, especially trivial, meaningless, or noisy talk.
- 1.
Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
闲聊,尤指无意义或不重要的谈话。
- 2.
One who chats.
聊天的人
- 3.
noisy talk
喧闹的谈话
- 4.
The sound of talking.
谈话声。
- 5.
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
机器部件发出的快速连续声
- 6.
The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
欧亚喜鹊(Pica pica)的叫声。
- 7.
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
动物(鸟或猴子)发出的尖锐持续声
- 8.
The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
各种鸟类或其他动物的叫声。
- 9.
An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
如振动产生的间歇性噪音。
- 10.
In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
在国家安全领域,可疑群体和个人之间的通信程度,用于衡量预期恐怖活动的程度。
- 11.
The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.
钻头或类似工具振动并撕裂材料而非干净切割的情况。
说话声；嘈杂的谈话声；（鸟兽的）叽叽喳喳声；啼叫声；（机器或振动产生的）咔嗒声；颤动声；爱闲聊的人；话多的人；（刀具或钻头的）颤振
In use
The chatter of the students in the hallway made it hard to concentrate.
The constant chatter of the old printer indicated it needed oiling.
We could hear the chatter of monkeys in the jungle nearby.
Connections
Collocations
- idle chatter
- 无意义的闲谈
- The meeting was delayed by idle chatter about the weekend.会议因为关于周末的无意义闲谈而推迟了。
- mindless chatter
- 无意义的闲聊
- I couldn't focus in class because of the mindless chatter behind me.我无法在课堂上集中注意力，因为我身后的无意义闲聊。
- constant chatter
- 不停的谈话声
- The constant chatter of the audience annoyed the speaker.观众不停的谈话声惹恼了演讲者。
- background chatter
- 背景人声；嘈杂的谈话声
- We recorded the interview with background chatter from the street.我们在街头背景人声中录制了采访。
- chatter of teeth
- 牙齿打颤声
- The chatter of teeth inside the tent told us how cold it was.帐篷里传来牙齿打颤的声音，让我们知道有多冷。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：“chat”是聊天，后面“-ter”像重复的叽喳声，人闲聊或鸟叫都是这种不停的小动静。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：casual conversation、machine operation、wildlife observation chatter 作名词时语域因含义而异：指琐碎闲聊时多用于非正式场合；指机器或鸟兽发出的连续响声时则为中性描述，常见于技术说明或自然观察。没有固定的正式或非正式标签，需结合上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词均以 /ætɝ/ 结尾，与 chatter 押韵。注意 chat /tʃæt/ 和 chapter /ˈtʃæptɝ/ 虽拼写相近，但发音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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