单词 | chatter |
释义 | chat·ter I. intransitive verb 1. a. < chattering like a flock of blackbirds — Ellen Glasgow > < squirrels and chipmunks came to chatter and play about them — Sherwood Anderson > < the leaves began to chatter — George Meredith > < a tiny stream that chatters and twists through dells and dingles — American Guide Series: Connecticut > b. of a pickup cartridge 2. < men who followed the sea were always chattering about the ease and security of life in the country — L.C.Douglas > < all through the rest of the meal I chattered of the cottage — Adrian Bell > < men who are silent are set against men who chatter — Times Literary Supplement > 3. a. < master's teeth chattered with horror — Donn Byrne > < chatter like castanets in a Spanish dance > < skis will chatter in a turn if they are edged too much — Operations in Snow & Extreme Cold (U.S. War Dept.) > < machine guns chattering — Philip Wylie > b. of a cutting tool < the plane chattered along the edge of the plank > c. < the motor chattered in reverse > transitive verb 1. < English is chattered here — Claudia Cassidy > < the woman chattered her silly tale > 2. dialect England 3. of a cutting tool < variation in the thickness of an oil film produces chattered work — New Departure Handbook > II. 1. < the chatter of magpies > < the chatter of rivet guns > < the chatter of the plane along the wood > < the chatter of the worn clutch trying to take hold > 2. < my chatter was as gay and sprightly as a bird song — R.P.Warren > < the chatter of small voices around him — M.W.Fishwick > |
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