gab about sth
about 后接闲聊的具体话题。
They gabbed about their favorite TV shows all afternoon.
他们整个下午都在闲聊最喜欢的电视节目。
闲聊；喋喋不休；闲扯
gabs — third person singular of gab
通常在琐碎话题上大量谈论或闲聊。；空谈；瞎扯；唠叨
通常在琐碎话题上大量谈论或闲聊。
To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
一般现在时
She gabs on the phone for hours.
她打电话闲聊好几个小时。
一般过去时
They gabbed about their vacation yesterday.
他们昨天闲聊了关于假期的事情。
现在进行时
The friends are gabbing in the corner.
朋友们正在角落里闲聊。
动词原形 gabbing 与过去式 gabbed 须双写 b。
They spent the whole afternoon gabbing about their favorite TV shows.
他们整个下午都在闲聊他们最喜欢的电视节目。
用法提示：gabbing 表示持续闲聊的动作。
My grandmother loves to gab on the phone with her friends.
我祖母喜欢和朋友在电话上闲聊。
用法提示：gab 作为动词表示随便聊天。
Stop gabbing and get back to work!
别闲聊了，回去工作！
用法提示：gabbing 在这里带有责备的语气，表示不该闲聊。
about 后接闲聊的具体话题。
They gabbed about their favorite TV shows all afternoon.
他们整个下午都在闲聊最喜欢的电视节目。
to 后接闲聊的对象。
She gabs to her neighbor every morning at the bus stop.
她每天早上在公交车站和邻居闲聊。
away 强调持续不断地闲聊。
The two friends were gabbing away in the corner.
两个朋友在角落里聊个不停。
grammar · medium
易错句子She likes to gab the latest news with her friends.
正确表达She likes to gab about the latest news with her friends.
gab 是不及物动词，谈论某事要用 gab about sth，不能直接跟宾语；about 用来标明闲聊的话题。
grammar · medium
易错句子They gabbed two hours on the phone last night.
正确表达They gabbed for two hours on the phone last night.
表示持续一段时间时，英语要用 for + 时间段；gab 这类活动动词不能像汉语“聊两小时”那样直接跟时间长度。
grammar · medium
易错句子They gabbed about to buy a new car.
正确表达They gabbed about buying a new car.
介词 about 后接动词时要用动名词 -ing，不能用不定式 to do；about to do 表示“即将做”，不符合此处语境。
chatter 强调语速快、声音连续不断，常带吵闹或令人厌烦的意味，还可指牙齿打颤、鸟雀鸣叫；gab 更口语化，指没完没了地聊琐事，本身不强调语速或音量。
chat 指轻松友好地交谈，通常有来有往，话题不限，语气中性偏正面；gab 侧重一个人说个不停、内容琐碎，带随意或轻微贬义的口语色彩，常见于口语和非正式场合。
gossip 特指议论别人的私事、传播流言，话题必须涉及他人的生活；gab 只表示聊琐碎话题，并不涉及议论他人，也没有传播流言的意味。
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