1. 嘮叨;喋喋不休 If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important.
e.g. Everyone's chattering away in different languages... 大家操著(zhù)不同的語(yǔ)言喋喋不休地說(shuō)著(zhù)。 e.g. Erica was friendly and chattered about Andrew's children... 埃麗卡很和氣,不停地念叨著(zhù)安德魯的孩子們。
2. (牙齒)打戰,咯咯響 If your teeth chatter, they keep knocking together because you are very cold or very nervous.
e.g. She was so cold her teeth chattered. 她凍得牙齒咯咯響。
3. 發(fā)出咯咯聲(或嗒嗒聲) If objects chatter, they make short repeated sounds.
e.g. The telex chattered all day and night with news bulletins. 電傳機沒(méi)日沒(méi)夜“嗒嗒嗒”地接收新聞稿。
4. (鳥(niǎo))鳴叫,啁啾;(動(dòng)物)唧唧叫,吱吱叫 When birds or animals chatter, they make high-pitched noises.
e.g. Birds were chattering somewhere. 鳥(niǎo)兒在某處唧唧喳喳地叫著(zhù)。
chatter英英釋義
noun
1. noisy talk
Synonym: yakyackyakety-yakcackle
2. the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
Synonym: chattering
3. the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
Synonym: chattering
verb
1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly