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patter patter song

patter
[英] [ˈpætə] [美] [ˈpætɚ] 生词本

vt.

n.

vi.

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1. VERB 嗒嗒作响；嗒嗒地拍 If something patters on a surface, it hits it quickly several times, making quiet, tapping sounds. 

  • 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。

2. N-SING 急促的轻拍声；嗒嗒声 A patter is a series of quick, quiet, tapping sounds. 

  • ...the patter of the driving rain on the roof.

    暴雨打在屋顶上发出的啪嗒声

3. 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's patter is 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. 

  • 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。

  • 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。

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"

医学

  • 1.型，模式，型式，范型，模型：①建造或装配某物时所循方案或所用器具；②图形的特别设计或安排；③一套品格或动作的特征，如行为模式
1. 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。

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