| 单词 | chat up |
| 释义 | chat up (once / 80404 pages) v To chat up is to talk playfully or casually with someone, especially with the goal of convincing them to do something. Your brother might chat up a movie theater worker in the hopes of getting a free ticket. When you chat someone up, your light banter is persuasive — although in many cases, your goal is simply to flirt, or simply to start a conversation. You could chat up your new classmate, or chat up your seatmate on a long airplane flight. Another way to use this phrase is chat someone up, as in, "I'm going to chat George up and see if he'll give me some of his pizza." WORD FAMILYchat up: chats up, chatted up, chatting up USAGE EXAMPLESSteiner, 25, is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America with a passion for drinks and chatting up guests. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) One night he chatted up a bartender about a necklace she was wearing. Washington Times(Nov 25, 2016) A graying radical with an SDS button chatted up younger revolutionaries. Wall Street Journal(Nov 13, 2016) 1v talk to someone with the aim of persuading him Hyper persuade cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm 2v talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries Syn|Hypo|Hyper butterfly, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance wanton engage in amorous play vampact seductively with (someone) speak, talk exchange thoughts; talk with |
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