English Dictionary

chat up

動詞

慣用表現 他動詞

(transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.

日本語の意味

友好的または親しみやすい態度で相手に話しかけること。 / 相手に好意を持ってもらうため、または魅力をアピールするために話しかけること。 / 恋愛や性的な関係の可能性を探りながら、軽妙な口調で口説くように話しかけること。

She decided to chat up the new neighbor when she saw him unloading boxes.

彼女は荷物を運んでいる新しい隣人を見かけて、彼に声をかけて口説くことにした。

意味（1）

(transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.

Have you been chatting up my girlfriend?

chats up （ present singular third-person ）

chatting up （ participle present ）

chatted up （ participle past ）

chatted up （ past ）