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。
to talk casually and socially, without serious or detailed discussion
闲聊;聊天
talk socially without exchanging too much information
一般现在时
They chitchat during breaks.
他们在休息时闲聊。
现在进行时
We are chitchatting about the weather.
我们正在聊天气。
一般过去时
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。
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。
用法提示:chitchatted 是 chitchat 的过去式,作不及物动词,表示轻松地闲聊。
She likes to chitchat with neighbors while walking her dog.
她喜欢遛狗时和邻居闲聊。
用法提示:chitchat 用在 like to 后作动词原形,表达随意交谈。
They were chitchatting in the kitchen when I arrived.
我到达时他们正在厨房里闲聊。
用法提示:chitchatting 是 chitchat 的现在分词,与 were 构成过去进行时,表示当时正在闲聊。
与 chitchat 几乎完全同义,是最常用、最直接的同义词;正式程度相似,适用于日常口语和较随意的书面语。
常见于英式英语,比 chitchat 更口语化,并带“没完没了地聊琐事”的意味;美式英语中很少用。
美式口语习语,比 chitchat 更随意,强调无目的、轻松的聊天;不能用于正式场合。
英式口语习语,与 shoot the breeze 相近,但更带“悠闲消遣”或“边吃边聊”的感觉;正式文本中不用。
针对'chitchat'作动词表'闲聊、轻松交谈'的义项。'discuss'指严肃、详细地交流意见或信息,是'chitchat'的直接反义词。注意:'discuss'为及物动词,须接宾语,如'discuss a problem';而'chitchat'通常不及物,如'chitchat with friends'。
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。
chit + chat(拟声叠词,源自 chat 的变体)
chat(词根:非正式交谈)
chat + -ty(形容词后缀)
chat + -ter(表反复动作;与 chat 同源)
人们常边喝咖啡边闲聊。
天气是闲聊时最常见的开场话题之一。
邻居之间碰面时常会闲聊几句。
午休时间同事常借午餐闲聊。
周末安排常成为闲聊的轻松话题。
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