patter
英 ['pætə]
美 ['pætɚ]
- n. 行话；轻快脚步声；急速拍打声
- vi. 滴答地响；急速地说；发出急速轻拍声
- vt. 喋喋不休地说；使…发出嗒嗒声
助记提示
1. pat + -er (“frequentative (indicating repeated action)”).
2. 急速说话的时候是不是上下的嘴唇不断的拍打啊。
3. shortened form of paternoster.
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
