chatter的词源

英文词源

chatter (v.)

early 13c., chateren "to twitter, gossip," earlier cheateren, chiteren, of echoic origin. Compare Dutch koeteren "jabber," Danish kvidre "twitter, chirp." Related: Chattered; chattering. Phrase chattering class in use by 1893, with a reference perhaps from 1843:

Such was the most interesting side of the fatal event to that idle chattering class of London life to whom the collision of heaven and earth were important only as affording matter for "news!" [Catherine Grace F. Gore ("Mrs. Gore"), "The Banker's Wife," 1843]

chatter (n.)

mid-13c., originally of birds, from chatter (v.).

中文词源

chatter：聊天

来自chat. -er，表反复。

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chatter（唠叨，喋喋不休）：鸟的叽叽喳喳声

很多人都以为chatter（唠叨）是由chat（闲聊）派生出来的，其实正好相反，先有chatter后有chat。chatter出现于13世纪初期，是个拟声词，模拟鸟叽叽喳喳的声音，引申表示“喋喋不休、唠叨”。chat来自chatter，在14、15世纪时与chatter词义相同，直到16世纪才转变为“聊天”之意。

chatter：['tʃætə] n.v.唠叨，喋喋不休，啁啾，叽叽叫

chat：[tʃæt] n.v.聊天，闲谈

chatterbox：['tʃætəbɒks] n.喋喋不休者，唠叨的人，话痨