Word · Frequency #23582
chatty
爱闲聊的；健谈的
chatty (full of trivial conversation; friendly and informal in speech)
- 1.
Supplying more information than necessary; verbose.
提供过多不必要信息的；啰嗦的
提供过多不必要信息的；啰嗦的；饶舌的；爱讲闲话的
In use
My new neighbor is very chatty and told me her whole life story in five minutes.
I sat next to a chatty girl on the train, and she talked the whole way.
She wrote me a long, chatty letter about her summer holiday.
be chatty
用于系动词 be 后作表语，描述人爱说话。
She is very chatty today.
她今天非常爱闲聊。
chatty with sb
with 后接聊天对象，表示对某人健谈。
He was chatty with everyone at the party.
他在聚会上跟每个人都聊得很起劲。
chatty + noun
chatty 可放在名词前作定语，修饰话语、文章、信件等。
She sent me a chatty email about her trip.
她给我发了一封聊家常的邮件，讲她的旅行。
get chatty
get + chatty 表示变得健谈，强调状态变化。
He gets chatty when he's nervous.
他一紧张就变得话多。
Common mistakes
She is very chat.She is very chatty.
chat 是动词或名词，不能放在 be 动词后面当形容词用；描述某人健谈、爱闲聊应该用形容词 chatty。
Let's chatty about the weekend.Let's chat about the weekend.
chatty 是形容词，不能放在 let's 后面当动词用；表示“聊天”这个动作要用动词 chat。
Connections
Collocations
- chatty person
- 爱闲聊的人；健谈的人
- My neighbor is a chatty person who loves to gossip.我的邻居是个爱闲聊的人，特别喜欢讲闲话。
- get chatty
- 变得健谈；话多起来
- After a couple of drinks, he gets chatty.喝了两杯酒后，他就变得健谈起来。
- chatty email
- 轻松随意的邮件
- I wrote a chatty email to my cousin.我给表妹写了一封轻松随意的邮件。
- chatty tone
- 闲聊式的语气
- Her chatty tone made the lecture feel friendly.她闲聊式的语气让讲座显得很亲切。
- in a chatty mood
- 有聊天的兴致；想聊天的心情
- She was in a chatty mood all morning.她整个上午都很想聊天。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
由 chat（闲聊）加 -y 构成，联想一个人特别爱聊天、话多。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：朋友或熟人之间闲聊、非正式邮件、短信、社交媒体日常交流 chatty 比较常见于日常口语和非正式书面语，通常用来形容人健谈或爱闲聊；在正式场合（如商务报告、学术写作）中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -atty 结尾，读音均以 /æti/ 结尾，与 chatty 押韵。注意拼写相似的 catchy /ˈkætʃi/ 和 Cathy /ˈkæθi/ 发音不同，不押韵。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.