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单词 chit-chat
释义
chit-chatˈchit-chat noun [uncountable] informal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINchit-chat
Origin:
1600-1700 chat
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • chit-chat about new cars
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A total shut down of loose chit-chat on the air waves.
  • And voice your own opinions on afterlife chit-chat by joining in the debate below.
  • At the turn of a switch, an emotional tirade could become jocular chit-chat.
  • But enough of all this chit-chat.
  • Now you may be thinking that these options sound very dramatic and limited in the context of social chit-chat.
  • She attempts a snarl, lost in the chit-chat.
  • The nature of social chit-chat, then, and indeed of the bulk of our talk, must be tentative and indirect.
  • Unproductive meetings, domestic rows and uncomfortable social chit-chat can all be caused by status needs being ignored and camouflaged.
conversation about things that are not very important:  boring social chit-chat
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