patter

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n. 急速拍打声, 轻快脚步声, 行话, 快板, 饶舌 vi. 急速地说, 滴答地响, 祷告, 念经, 念顺口溜 vt. 使发嗒嗒声, 喋喋不休地说

发音

UK /ˈpæt.ə/
其它
US /ˈpæt.ɚ/

词形变化

patters 复数 patters 三单 pattering 现在分词 pattered 过去式 pattered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.

    I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.

  2. 1.

    Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, a sports commentator, or a salesperson with a slick style of selling.

    可数 不可数

    sales patter

  3. 1.

    One who pats.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.

    The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.

  2. 2.

    To spatter; to sprinkle.

    1819 (published in 1835) Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay Patter the water about the boat.

  3. 1.

    To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.

  4. 2.

    To repeat the Lord's Prayer.

    不及物 废旧
  5. 3.

    To pray.

    不及物 废旧
  6. 4.

    To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

spiel

上位词 3

line sound channel
动词

同义词 4

spit sprinkle spatter pitter-patter

上位词 4

go sound rain rain down

相关短语

patter song patter songs patter flash 说黑话,说隐语 Glasgow patter

词源

1610s, pat + -er (“frequentative (indicating repeated action)”), of (onomatopoeia) origin.

来源：wiktionary