chitchat with friends
collocation与朋友闲聊
We chitchatted with friends at the café for an hour.
我们在咖啡馆与朋友闲聊了一个小时。
闲聊；聊天
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闲聊；聊天
to talk casually and socially, without serious or detailed discussion
We chitchatted by the water cooler before the meeting.
会议前我们在饮水机旁闲聊了一会儿。
闲聊；聊天
talk socially without exchanging too much information
chitchat
Base
原形
chitchats
3rd person
第三人称单数
chitchatting
-ing
现在分词
chitchatted
Past
过去式
chitchatted
Past participle
过去分词
They chitchat during breaks.
他们在休息时闲聊。
We are chitchatting about the weather.
我们正在聊天气。
We chitchatted for a while.
我们闲聊了一会儿。
非正式闲聊，常指轻松随意的谈话。
She likes to chitchat with neighbors while walking her dog.
她喜欢遛狗时和邻居闲聊。
They were chitchatting in the kitchen when I arrived.
我到达时他们正在厨房里闲聊。
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与朋友闲聊
We chitchatted with friends at the café for an hour.
我们在咖啡馆与朋友闲聊了一个小时。
闲聊天气
They chitchatted about the weather while waiting for the bus.
等公交车时，他们闲聊天气。
边喝咖啡边闲聊
She likes to chitchat over coffee with her coworkers.
她喜欢和同事边喝咖啡边闲聊。
在聚会上闲聊
He chitchatted at a party with people he had just met.
他在聚会上和刚认识的人闲聊。
Use chitchat naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
chitchat 拆成 chit+chat，两个轻快音节像“叽叽喳喳”，联想朋友间你一言我一语的轻松闲聊。
语域：informal 常见场景：朋友之间、同事休息时 chitchat 是口语化的动词，多用于日常非正式场合，表示轻松随意的闲聊，比较常见于朋友或同事之间，正式写作中较少使用。
chitchat 读 /ˈtʃɪtˌtʃæt/。sit、fit 与 chit 押韵（/ɪt/）；cat、hat 与 chat 押韵（/æt/）。注意 ch 在 chitchat 中发 /tʃ/，但 chef 的 ch 发 /ʃ/，chorus 的 ch 发 /k/，拼写相同、读音不同。
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