| 釋義 |
chatter /'tfaeta(r); 'tjaetw/ vi [VP2A, C] 1 (cf a person) talk quickly or foolishly; talk too much. (指人) 嘮叨; 喋礁不休。 2 (of the cries of monkeys and some birds, of typewriter keys, of a person's upper and lower teeth striking together from cold or fear) make quick, indistinct Sounds. (指猴子和某些鳥類的叫聲, 打字機的字鍵,人的牙齒因寒冷或恐懼而碰擊在一起) 發(fā)出迅速而不淸晰的聲響; 格格作響。 n [U] sounds of the kind noted above: 上述的各種聲。: the ~ of sparrows/children. 麻雀的嘴啾聲 (兒童們的喋喋話聲) 。 '~ box, person who ~s, esp a small child, 話匣子; 碎嘴子; 喋喋不休之人 (尤指小兒) 。 |