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

英英释义

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"
   

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。

经典引文

• Old women..pattering and murmuring their morning prayers.

  出自： H. Allen

• The rain comes pattering out of the sky.

  出自： W. H. Auden

词汇搭配

• pitter-patter 劈啪声(雨声）...
• patter song 滑稽顺口溜歌曲...
• pit-a-pat 劈啪声
• go patter 滴滴嗒嗒
• gammon and patter 废话
• patter flash 说黑话

近反义词

【近义词】

• jabber 快而不清楚地说话...
• prattle 小孩般说话
• drum 鼓
• spiel 滔滔不绝的讲话...
• burble 冒泡
• rattle on 喋喋不休地讲话...
• rant 咆哮
• speech 演说
• tap 龙头
• jargon 行话
• lingo 语言
• tapping 开孔
• drumming 击鼓声
• pound 磅
• chatter 饶舌
• beat 打
• chat 闲谈
• babble 含糊不清地说...
• blab 泄密
• throb （心脏）跳动，抽痛...
• pitter-patter 劈啪声(雨声）...
• spatter 溅
• spit 唾液
• sprinkle 洒