Word
chin-wag
闲聊；聊天
核心释义
light informal conversation for social occasions
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社交场合的轻松非正式谈话
light informal conversation for social occasions
社交场合的轻松非正式谈话；闲谈
用法In use
We had a nice chin-wag over coffee this morning.
用法提示：chin-wag 作名词，表示闲谈，这里指轻松的谈话。
She enjoys a good chin-wag with her neighbors every weekend.
用法提示：chin-wag 作名词，强调愉快的闲聊。
His chin-wag with the old friend lasted for hours.
用法提示：chin-wag 作名词，指一段长时间的闲聊。
have a chin-wag (with sb)
英式口语说法，指随意轻松的闲谈，最常与 have 搭配使用。
We had a quick chin-wag before the meeting started.
会议开始前我们闲聊了几句。
a chin-wag about sth
about 后面接闲聊的具体话题。
They were having a chin-wag about their weekend plans.
她们正聊着周末的安排。
a good chin-wag
good、little 等形容词常置于 chin-wag 之前，说明闲聊的程度或长短。
Over coffee we had a good chin-wag.
喝咖啡的时候我们好好聊了一阵。
常见错误Common mistakes
易错句子We had a chin-wag each other about the film.正确表达We had a chin-wag with each other about the film.
表示“和某人闲聊”时，have a chin-wag 后面要接介词 with 引出谈话对象；each other 不能直接跟在名词短语后代替 with each other，汉语的“互相”不对应英语的介词省略。
易错句子Let's have chin-wag over coffee.正确表达Let's have a chin-wag over coffee.
have a chin-wag 是固定搭配，chin-wag 作单数可数名词表示“一次闲聊”时需要不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- chitchat
- 闲聊；闲谈 · 两者都指轻松的闲谈，但 chitchat 更通用，英式美式都用，还可作动词；chin-wag 是英式口语，多作名词，语气更俏皮、略带老派味道，美式英语中很少见。
- small talk
- 寒暄；应酬话 · small talk 指与不太熟的人为打破沉默而说的客套话，多出现在社交礼节场合；chin-wag 是熟人之间真正放松、聊得尽兴的闲谈，不含应酬意味。
- gossip
- 八卦；闲话 · gossip 侧重议论他人私事，常带负面色彩；chin-wag 是中性的轻松闲聊，不带贬义，也不一定涉及别人。
词族Word family
- wag
- 摇动；摆动 · v.
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