patter

英['pætə(r)] 美['pætər]
  • n. 急速拍打声；轻快脚步声；行话；顺口溜
  • v. 喋喋不休；滴嗒地响；发出急速轻拍声
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

  2. a quick succession of light rapid sounds;

    "the patter of mice"
    "the patter of tiny feet"

Verb:
  1. rain gently;

    "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

  2. make light, rapid and repeated sounds;

    "gently pattering rain"

双语例句

1. Fran began her automatic patter about how Jon had been unavoidably detained.
弗兰开始不由自主地唠叨起乔恩是怎样无可避免地被扣留的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. There's no doubt women found him charming. It must have been his patter because he's certainly not at all good-looking.
女人们无疑会觉得他很迷人。这肯定是因为他的顺口溜，因为他长得一点儿都不好看。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She's not particularly interested in having children, but her husband longs for the patter of tiny feet.
她并不特别想要孩子, 可是她的丈夫巴不得早点有个小宝宝.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. She can't wait for the patter of tiny feet.
她巴不得婴儿早日出生.

来自辞典例句

5. He heard the patter of Libby's feet approach the phone.
他听到利比踢里挞拉的脚步声跑来接电话.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. As I ponder that image, we are startled by a thumping patter behind us.
      正当我想像那光景时，我们忽然被后面一阵啪答啪答的沉重声吓了一跳。
    2. He heard the patter of Libby's feet approach the phone.
      他听到利比踢里挞拉的脚步声跑来接电话。
    3. You have to learn to resist the sales patter.
      你可得学乖点
    4. Alice, being as innocent as a new-born baby, didn't understand half of the comedian's patter.
      艾丽斯真是天真，滑稽演员的急口台词她一半也不懂。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Raindrops are starting to patter.
      就在这时，噼噼啪啪的雨点落了下来。
    2. The falling leaves pattered against the windowpanes.
      落叶嗒塔地打在玻璃窗上。

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