chatter

verb

1. 喋喋不休；唠叨；饶舌
   to talk quickly and continuously, especially about things that are not important
   1. They chattered away happily for a while.
      他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。
   2. The children chattered to each other excitedly about the next day's events.
      孩子们很兴奋，没完没了地谈论着第二天的活动。
2. （因冷或害怕）打颤
   to knock together continuously because you are cold or frightened
3. 鸣叫；啼啭；啁啾；唧唧叫；吱吱叫
   to make a series of short high sounds

noun

1. 唠叨的话；喋喋不休
   continuous rapid talk about things that are not important
   1. Jane's constant chatter was beginning to annoy him.
      简无休止的唠叨开始使他心烦。
   2. idle chatter
      无聊的唠叨
2. 鸣叫声；啼啭声；吱吱叫声
   a series of quick short high sounds that some animals make
   1. the chatter of monkeys
      猴子的吱吱叫声
3. 碰击声；咯咯声；打颤声
   a series of short sounds made by things knocking together
   1. the chatter of teeth
      牙齿打颤的咯咯声

1. VERB 唠叨;喋喋不休
   If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important.
   1. Everyone's chattering away in different languages...
      大家操着不同的语言喋喋不休地说着。
   2. Erica was friendly and chattered about Andrew's children...
      埃丽卡很和气，不停地念叨着安德鲁的孩子们。
   3. He listened to chattering maids as they passed by.
      他留神听着从身边走过的姑娘们嘴里在闲扯着什么。
   4. Chatter is also a noun.
      
   5. ...idle chatter...
      闲聊
   6. Lila kept up a steady stream of chatter.
      莉拉一直说个没完。
2. VERB (牙齿)打战，咯咯响
   If your teeth chatter, they keep knocking together because you are very cold or very nervous.
   1. She was so cold her teeth chattered.
      她冻得牙齿咯咯响。
3. VERB 发出咯咯声(或嗒嗒声)
   If objects chatter, they make short repeated sounds.
   1. The telex chattered all day and night with news bulletins.
      电传机没日没夜“嗒嗒嗒”地接收新闻稿。
   2. Chatter is also a noun.
      
   3. ...the mountains where the chatter of the chairlift cable over the pulley wheel is the loudest noise.
      升降椅的缆绳在滑轮上发出的咯吱声盖过其他一切声响的群山
4. VERB (鸟)鸣叫，啁啾;(动物)唧唧叫，吱吱叫
   When birds or animals chatter, they make high-pitched noises.
   1. Birds were chattering somewhere.
      鸟儿在某处唧唧喳喳地叫着。
   2. Chatter is also a noun.
      
   3. ...almond trees vibrating with the chatter of crickets.
      伴随蟋蟀的叫声颤动的杏树

1. Everyone's chattering away in different languages
   大家操着不同的语言喋喋不休地说着。
2. Erica was friendly and chattered about Andrew's children
   埃丽卡很和气，不停地念叨着安德鲁的孩子们。
3. He listened to chattering maids as they passed by.
   他留神听着从身边走过的姑娘们嘴里在闲扯着什么。
4. She was so cold her teeth chattered.
   她冻得牙齿咯咯响。
5. The telex chattered all day and night with news bulletins.
   电传机没日没夜“嗒嗒嗒”地接收新闻稿。
6. Birds were chattering somewhere.
   鸟儿在某处唧唧喳喳地叫着。
7. Troy's chatter kept me from thinking dark thoughts.
   特洛伊的喋喋不休让我暂时收起了阴郁思绪。
8. She kept up a continuous chatter, skipping from one subject to the next.
   她从一个话题扯到另一个话题，一直喋喋不休。
9. The chatter of voices gradually quietened.
   唧唧喳喳的声音渐渐地平静了。
10. Her continuous chatter vexes me.
    她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
11. Everybody is fed up with his endless chatter.
    他老是絮叨个没完，大家都烦他。
12. Stop this eternal chatter!
    不要唠叨个不停。
13. I've had enough of their continual chatter.
    我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。
14. I heard the chatter of the enemy's guns in a side of the valley.
    我在山谷的一侧听见敌人炮火的连击声。
15. I picked up on some chatter.
    我截下了一些通话聊天。
16. Chatter has been the main obstacle for variable structure control system to be applied.
    抖振己成为变结构控制理论得到广泛应用的主要障碍之一。
17. I was woken by the loud chatter of the birds.
    我被鸟的高声啁啾吵醒了。
18. You can chatter with your friends after class.
    你可以在下课后和你的朋友闲聊。
19. And then suddenly the laughter and chatter stopped.
    然后，笑声和聊天声噶然而止。
20. I dislike women who chatter incessantly.
    我不喜欢整天叽叽喳喳唠叨个不停的女人。
21. All the chatter has him dead.
    所有的人都说他死了。
22. Sometimes I sat there for an hour, sometimes two, listening to their laughter, their chatter.
    我坐上一个钟头，有时两个钟头，听着他们的笑声，他们的谈话声。
23. I hear the cheerful chatter.
    我听见了那愉悦的笑声。
24. There is too much idle chatter in this office.
    这个办公室无聊的饶舌太多了。
25. I think that my uninteresting chatter bores you very much.
    我想我那无趣的唠叨使你烦透了吧。
26. A chatter marks on line monitoring system of the skin pass process has been developed in Baosteel.
    宝钢在国内率先开发了一套平整过程振动纹在线监测系统。
27. This prompted more news coverage and Internet chatter;
    这导致了更多新闻报道和网上讨论；
28. A new method for quantitative evaluation of chatter marks for cylindrical grinders is presented in this paper.
    本文就外圆磨床振纹量化技术作一探讨，并提出一个简单而直接的振纹量化方法。
29. The study of dynamics is done for boring bar, and the methods are summarized to alleviate vibration chatter.
    对镗杆振动学进行了研究，并总结了减小颤振的方法。

  babble chatter【导航词义：唠唠叨叨】

  babble v. 唠唠叨叨（地说）；愚蠢地说出

〔辨析〕强调说话唠唠叨叨，有时含叽里咕噜、含糊不清的意思；也可用于表示“失口说出（某事）”。

  chatter v. 喋喋不休（地说）

〔辨析〕强调快速而不间断地说话，含闲聊之意。

  chat chatter conversation dialogue【导航词义：聊天，对话】

  chat n. 〈尤英〉闲谈，聊天

〔辨析〕普通用词，指熟人之间很随便的交谈，强调谈话的亲密性和非正式性。

  chatter n. 闲扯，唠叨

〔辨析〕尤指对无关紧要之事喋喋不休的谈论。

  conversation n. 谈话，交谈

〔辨析〕指人们相互之间交流信息、感情、思想等的非正式的交谈。

  dialogue n. 对话，对白

〔辨析〕指书、戏剧、电影中的对白，也可指两个组织、国家等之间的正式对话。

v.

the chattering classes

• 喜欢（对政治或社会问题）发表意见的人
  the people in society who like to give their opinions on political or social issues

noun

1. noisy talk

   Synonym:    yakyackyakety-yakcackle

2. the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

   Synonym:    chattering

3. the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

   Synonym:    chattering

verb

1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

   Synonym:    pifflepalaverpratetittle-tattletwaddleclackmaunderprattleblabgibbertattleblabbergabble

2. make noise as if chattering away
   1. The magpies were chattering in the trees

3. talk socially without exchanging too much information
   1. the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

   Synonym:    chew the fatshoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchitchatchit-chatchaffernattergossipjawclavervisit

4. cut unevenly with a chattering tool

5. click repeatedly or uncontrollably
   1. Chattering teeth

   Synonym:    click