- 1閒聊、聊天（不重要的家常話）。口語也有人說「哈拉」，但「閒聊」最穩。
Chit-chat is light talk about things that are not very important — the weather, what you ate, a TV show, how the weekend was. It is not a serious meeting and not a deep talk from the heart. People also use it as a doing-word: to chit-chat is to have that kind of talk. It is friendly, everyday English. At a party, in a shop, while you wait for a bus, you chit-chat. The word is a playful doubling of chat (the same kind of trick as or ): chat is the real piece; chit just echoes it. Though actually, chit-chat is usually kind, or at least harmless; it is not the same as mean gossip, even if both can happen over tea. If a teacher says "less chit-chat, please," they mean stop the little side talk and listen. You may also see it written chitchat.
組成A playful doubling of chat. Chat is the real half; chit repeats the sound, as English sometimes does in tittle-tattle or pitter-patter.
同家族的字
- chatchit-chat is chat said twice in a playful way; same light conversation
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
chit-chatnoun
- 1
Light conversation; casual talk, usually about trivial matters.
- He speaks rapidly, with clarity and with obvious enthusiasm. No time is wasted on idle chit-chat.
- “What are you doing down here, father?” “Just having a bit of chitchat with your curious creation.” “Right.”
- 2
Gossip.
chit-chatverb
- 1
To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。