chat

英 [tʃæt] 美 [tʃæt]

• vi. 闲谈；谈天
• n. 闲谈；聊天

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 聊天,闲谈

   talk in a friendly way about unimportant topics

n. (名词)

1. [C][U]闲谈,聊天

   friendly informal conversation

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 闲谈，聊天，闲聊，非正式谈话
2. （大）鸣禽
3. 谈资
4. 会谈
5. 矿山废石
6. 谈话，讲话
7. 谈家常，喋喋不休

v. 动词

1. 闲谈，闲聊，聊天，谈天，叙叙
2. <英口>与…攀谈，与…搭讪
3. 与…调情
4. 与网友聊天
5. 谈话
6. 高谈阔论

英英释义

Noun:

1. an informal conversation

2. birds having a chattering call

3. songbirds having a chattering call

Verb:

1. talk socially without exchanging too much information;

   "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. He came round last week and we chatted for a while.
   上星期他顺道来访,我们闲谈了一会。
2. He likes to chat with his e-pals on the Internet.
   他喜欢上网与网友聊天。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Ask him to stop by for a chat.
   请他来坐坐，聊聊天。
2. It is pleasant to chat with friends, and with no chat is it more pleasant than with close friends.
   和朋友聊天是愉快的，而这种情形没有比和知己的朋友聊天更为愉快。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. They were chatting in the corner.
   他们在屋角里闲聊。
2. The boys chatted gaily while they dressed.
   男孩子们边穿衣服边兴高采烈地闲聊。
3. My neighbor and I were chatting over the fence after supper.
   我和邻居晚饭后隔着栅栏闲聊。
4. We usually chat together for a while between classes.
   我们在课余往往闲谈一会儿。

S+～+ n -A

1. We sat by the fire and chatted all evening.
   我们坐在火堆旁,聊了一个晚上。

其他

v -ing as Adverb.

1. We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.
   我们在炉火房聊天，度过了一个舒适的晚上。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He enjoys a chat for his own sake.
   他就是喜欢聊天。
2. There is too much chat in this office!
   这间办公室里闲聊的过多了。
3. We need less chat and more work if we're to finish this job today.
   如果我们想在今天结束这一工作,我们必须少说多干。
4. He sat down and went into chat with her.
   他坐下和她闲聊起来。
5. She called up a friend just for a chat.
   她给朋友打了个电话,不过聊聊天而已。
6. My friends often drop in for coffee and a chat.
   我的朋友常顺便来喝咖啡聊天。
7. Would you care to come and have a chat with me?
   如果你不介意的话,过来和我聊聊天?
8. You've been having quite a long chat with the doctor.
   你已经和医生聊了很久了。
9. I had a chat about that with Mary.
   我跟玛丽聊过此事。
10. We had a nice chat about our schooldays.
    我们愉快地闲聊学生时代的情况。
11. The two friends had a pleasant chat about old times.
    那两位朋友愉快地闲聊了往事。

经典引文

• O, how I long to have some chat with her!

  出自：Taming of Shrew , Shakespeare

• Scarce list'ning to their idle chat.

  出自： Swift

• 'I am writing my memoirs.' 'Theatre chat?'

  出自： I. Murdoch

• The remainder..chatted with one another.

  出自： T. F. Powys

• They were chatted to in the streets.

  出自： M. Laski

• We sat..chatting of nothing in particular.

  出自： P. H. Johnson

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

chat away (v.+adv.)

闲谈 chat; talk or converse casually
chat away
They sometimes chatted away for hours.

他们有时一聊就是几个小时。
Mary and Nancy chatted away across the room.

玛丽和南希一个在房间这一端,一个在房间那一端闲聊着。 chat away about sth
They were chatting away about old times.

他们聊开了往事。
The two friends chatted away to each other about the weather.

两个朋友谈论着天气。

chat of〔about〕 (v.+prep.)

闲聊… speak freely
chat of〔about〕 sth
They were chatting of old times.

他们在畅叙过去的时光。
We chatted about the Russian ballet which is to give its first-night performance next week.

我们闲聊了下周将举行的夜场首演的俄国芭蕾舞剧团。

chat over (v.+prep.)

一边…一边聊天 do as (sth) as talk
chat over sth
They like to chat over tea.

他们喜欢一边喝茶一边聊天。

chat up (v.+adv.)

闲谈 talk to sb in a way that is intended to win their friendship or gain an advantage
chat sb ⇔ up
Stop trying to chat me up!

别跟我闲扯!
I wouldn't try chatting her up if I were you.

我要是你,就不会设法跟她搭讪。
He likes chatting up the newcomers.

他喜欢跟新来的人搭讪。
She chatted up the producer in the hope of getting a part in his next film.

她跟制片人搭讪,希望在他的下一部影片中担任一个角色。
Peter is at his usual tricks again, chatting up the girls.

彼得又在玩老把戏,他正跟姑娘们搭讪。
She was being chatted up by a young man when I arrived on the scene.

我一到那儿正好撞见有个小伙子在和她搭讪。

chat with (v.+prep.)

与某人闲聊某事 talk to sb
chat with sb (about sth)
I chatted with his father for a while.

我与他父亲聊了一会儿。
He was happily chatting with Jack.

他与杰克正谈得高兴。
He chatted with me about our affairs.

他与我闲聊了我们的一些事情。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• chat aimlessly 漫无目的地闲聊
• chat charmingly 愉快地闲谈
• chat discursively 漫谈
• chat gaily 快活地聊天
• chat genially 亲切交谈
• chat away 不停地聊天
• chat up 跟…搭讪

～+介词

• chat about the affair 闲聊某事
• chat about the weather 闲聊天气
• chat in groups 成群地交谈
• chat of old times 闲谈往昔的事情
• chat on a variety of topics 谈各种题目
• chat over tea 边喝茶边聊天
• chat over wine 边喝酒边聊天
• chat with 与…闲聊

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• enjoy a chat 喜欢聊天
• have a chat 谈天,聊天

形容词+～

• animated chat 热烈的交谈
• friendly chat 友好的交谈
• nice chat 愉快的聊天
• pleasant chat 愉快的闲聊

名词+～

• fireside chat 炉旁闲聊
• society chat 社交性闲谈

～+名词

• chat show (电台或电视台)现场采访节目

～+介词

• a chat about sth 谈某事
• a chat between… 之间的闲谈
• a chat over old days 闲谈昔日情景
• a chat with sb 与某人聊天

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. chat的基本意思是轻松、无拘无束地、愉快地、语流松散地、不假思索地谈话,一般作“聊天,闲谈”解。
2. chat只用作不及物动词,“闲谈”的内容常由介词about引出,“闲谈”的对方常用介词to或with引出。
3. chat与over连用，表示“一边…一边聊天”。

n. (名词)

1. chat作“闲聊,聊天”解时,是可数名词,偶尔可作不可数名词,意思是“说长道短”。
2. chat后常接about引出闲聊的内容,接with引出与之闲谈的“对方”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

chat, converse, speak, talk

• 这四个词都可表示“交谈”。其区别是：
• speak含义较广,较正式,可指连贯、系统地发言、讲话,也可指支离破碎地交谈,还可指自言自语; converse常指在谈话中交换意见或想法,且表示在几个人之间的交谈; chat往往指以友好的态度,谈一些不重要的事情; talk强调“交谈”多半是指数人之间的交谈,包括严肃的讨论,也表示轻松的闲聊。例如:
• The two friends sat in a corner and chatted about the weather.那两位朋友坐在一个旮旯里谈论天气。
• I can converse with anyone about anything.我可以和任何人谈论任何事情。
• He is talking to a friend.他在和一个朋友交谈。

n. (名词)

chat, conversation, dialogue, discussion

• 这四个词都可作“谈话”解。其区别在于:conversation是非正式会谈,可能是热烈和令人兴奋的,也可能是乏味和令人厌烦的; chat是朋友间非常随便的交谈,所谈的往往是些有趣的事,但不是很重要的事; discussion一般指严肃地讨论某一个问题或难题,并且寻求结论或解决的办法, discussion有时可转变为辩论; dialogue是两个或两个以上的人之间的对话以及小说、戏剧等中的对白。例如:
• In my conversation with him,I mentioned your business plan.我和他谈话时曾提及你的营业计划。
• The two friends sat in a corner and had a chat about the weather.两个朋友坐在屋角闲聊天气。
• There was a general discussion following his speech.他的讲话完后进行了一般性的讨论。
• There is some good descriptive writing in the novel, but the dialogue is poor.这小说里有些很好的描写,但对白很差。

conversation，dialogue，talk，chat

• 这些名词均含“交谈”之意。
• conversation一般用词，指两个或更多人互相交换意见的交谈。
• dialogue指“对话”。
• talk普通用词，可与conversation换用，指正式交谈。
• chat指熟人之间非常随便的交谈，强调谈话的亲密和非正式性。

近反义词

【近义词】

• converse
• talk
• conversation
• gossip
• talk