chat

conversation, dialogue, talk, chat

名词 chat:

1. an informal conversation
   同义词：confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose
2. birds having a chattering call
   同义词：New World chat
3. songbirds having a chattering call
   同义词：Old World chat

动词 chat:

1. talk socially without exchanging too much information
   同义词：chew the fat, shoot the breeze, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit

1. For the old lady buying the daily newspaper soon became an end in itself, since she really just wanted to chat with the shopkeeper.
   那老太太每天去买报纸，不多时便觉乐在其中，因为她主要是想和店主聊天。
2. Ask him to stop by for a chat.
   请他来坐坐，聊聊天。
3. 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。

chat

v.intr.（不及物动词）
chat.ted,chat.ting,chats
To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.
闲谈：轻松随便地进行交谈；闲谈，聊天
n.（名词）
An informal, light conversation.
闲谈：非正式的、轻松的谈话
Any of several birds known for their chattering call, as of the generaSaxicola or Icteria.
鸣禽：以啁啾声著名的鸟类，如石鸟 属或 巨鸟 属

<常用词组>chat up
To engage (someone) in light, casual talk:
与…攀谈或搭讪：
例句：
.He would be . . . chatting up folks from Kansas.(Vanity Fair)
.他总是在和美国堪萨斯州来的人搭讪.(名利场)

来源：
Middle English chatten [to jabber]
中古英语 chatten [急促而含混不清地说]
alteration of chateren * see chatter
chateren的变化 *参见 chatter