patter

英 [ˈpætə(r)]

美 [ˈpætər]

n.  吧嗒吧嗒的响声; 急速的轻拍声; (为推销或娱乐的)不间断说话
v.  发出轻快的拍打声; 轻盈地走

过去式：pattered　现在分词：pattering　复数：patters　过去分词：pattered　第三人称单数：patters　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.18912 / COCA.19162

习惯用语

n.

the patter of tiny feet
• （用于想要或即将有孩子时）小宝宝的脚步声
  a way of referring to children when sb wants, or is going to have, a baby
• We can't wait to hear the patter of tiny feet.
  我们恨不得早点有个小宝宝。

牛津词典

noun

• 吧嗒吧嗒的响声；急速的轻拍声
  the sound that is made by sth repeatedly hitting a surface quickly and lightly
  1. the patter of feet/footsteps
     哒哒的脚步声
  2. the patter of rain on the roof
     雨打屋顶的啪哒声
• （为推销或娱乐的）不间断说话
  fast continuous talk by sb who is trying to sell you sth or entertain you
  1. sales patter
     推销员的一口气说话

verb

• 发出轻快的拍打声
  to make quick, light sounds as a surface is being hit several times
  1. Rain pattered against the window.
     雨点啪哒啪哒地敲击着窗子。
• 轻盈地走
  to walk with light steps in a particular direction
  1. I heard her feet pattering along the corridor.
     我听到她步履轻盈地在走廊上走过。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 嗒嗒作响；嗒嗒地拍
  If somethingpatterson a surface, it hits it quickly several times, making quiet, tapping sounds.
  1. Rain pattered gently outside, dripping on to the roof from the pines.
     外面，松树上的雨水滴落在屋顶上，嗒嗒作响。
• N-SING 急促的轻拍声；嗒嗒声
  Apatteris a series of quick, quiet, tapping sounds.
  1. ...the patter of the driving rain on the roof.
     暴雨打在屋顶上发出的啪嗒声
• N-SING （通常以娱乐、推销或劝说为目的的）顺口溜，伶俐话，连珠炮似的叫卖语
  Someone'spatteris a series of things that they say quickly and easily, usually in order to entertain people or to persuade them to buy or do something.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
  Synonym:spielline of gab
• a quick succession of light rapid sounds
  1. the patter of mice
  2. the patter of tiny feet

verb

• make light, rapid and repeated sounds
  1. gently pattering rain
  Synonym:pitter-patter
• rain gently
  1. It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick
  Synonym:sprinklespitspatterpitter-patter

双语例句

• The bell died in the patter of rain, from hell came the laughing of Satan at my brain.
  急雨骤落，钟声渐远，脑海中又响起撒旦的狂笑。
• The cricket's chirp and the patter of rain come to me through the dark, like the rustle of dreams from my past youth.
  蟋蟀的唧唧声，和着雨点的滴答声，透过夜空传了过来，好似我年轻时梦中的沙沙声。
• Alice, being as innocent as a new-born babe, 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。
• Magmatic contact metamorphism can lead to the variations of distribution patter of REEs in coal.
  岩浆接触变质作用可导致煤中稀土元素分布模式的变化。
• Spatial Patter And Mechanism Analysis of Producer Services In Xi'An
  西安市生产性服务业空间格局及其机制分析
• Are you going to hear the patter of tiny feet?
  你将要听到一双小脚啪嗒啪嗒走的声音了么？
• Blogs and twitter keep up a relentless patter.
  博客和twitter没完没了、不留情面地热议此事。
• We might hear the patter of tiny feet all over again.
  我们可能会再次听到小脚丫儿的嗒嗒声。
• Research and Application of Turbine Framework Patter in the Web Development
  Turbine框架在Web开发中的应用研究
• Study on Transformation Mechanism and Patter of Regional Agricultural Scientific and Technological Achievement in Our Country
  我国区域农业科技成果转化运行机制与模式研究