patter
英 ['pætə]
美 ['pætɚ]
- n. 行話；輕快腳步聲；急速拍打聲
- vi. 滴答地響；急速地說；發出急速輕拍聲
- vt. 喋喋不休地說；使…發出嗒嗒聲
助記提示
1. pat + -er (“frequentative (indicating repeated action)”).
2. 急速說話的時候是不是上下的嘴唇不斷的拍打啊。
3. shortened form of paternoster.
中文詞源
patter 拍打聲，吧嗒聲來自pat,拍打，-re,表反複。
英文詞源
- patter (v.1)
- "make quick taps," 1610s, frequentative of pat (v.). Related: Pattered; pattering. As a noun in this sense from 1844.
- patter (v.2)
- "talk rapidly," c. 1400, from pater "mumble prayers rapidly" (c. 1300), shortened form of paternoster. Perhaps influenced by patter (v.1). The related noun is first recorded 1758, originally "cant language of thieves and beggars." Compare Devil's paternoster (1520s) "a grumbling and mumbling to oneself."
PATTERING. The maundering or pert replies of servants; also talk or palaver in order to amuse one intended to be cheated. [Grose, "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 2nd edition. 1788]
雙語例句
- 1. Fran began her automatic patter about how Jon had been unavoidably detained.
- 弗蘭開始不由自主地嘮叨起喬恩是怎樣無可避免地被扣留的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. There's no doubt women found him charming. It must have been his patter because he's certainly not at all good-looking.
- 女人們無疑會覺得他很迷人。這肯定是因為他的順口溜，因為他長得一點兒都不好看。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She's not particularly interested in having children, but her husband longs for the patter of tiny feet.
- 她並不特別想要孩子, 可是她的丈夫巴不得早點有個小寶寶.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. She can't wait for the patter of tiny feet.
- 她巴不得嬰兒早日出生.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He heard the patter of Libby's feet approach the phone.
- 他聽到利比踢裏撻拉的腳步聲跑來接電話.
來自辭典例句