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

• Investors should remain rational and know the difference between sales patter and market trends.
  投资人应该要保持理智，懂得分辨销售话术与市场趋势。
• So the poor chap has no choice but to fill the cabin with soothing patter.
  所以这个可怜的伙计别无选择，只能说些安慰人的空话。
• 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。
• 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。
• His salesman's patter is persuasive as he takes the24-year-old professional he is showing around from room to room.
  他的销售员的话很有说服力，他带着24岁的专业才能在参观一间一间房。
• With the patter of small arms, the warnings-st of the rifles.
  轻武器喋喋不休，警示着步枪的超音雷。
• The Effects of Spatial Patter and Species Combinations on the Plant Performance of Three Species with Different Seed Mass
  空间格局和物种组合对三种不同种子大小植物行为的影响
• 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
• It just shows that magicians don't have to ramble on in a flurry of patter to be effective.
  它给了我们启示，魔术师并非不是必须要采用非常复杂的手法流程才能到达魔术效果。
• Don't always patter yourself on others. Make something your own.
  不要总是去模仿别人，做出你自己的特色来。