| 单词 | patter |
| 释义 | patter (pætəʳ ) Word forms: patters , pattering , pattered 1. verb If something patters on a surface, it hits it quickly several times, making quiet, tapping sounds. Rain pattered gently outside, dripping on to the roof from the pines. [VERB adverb/preposition] Synonyms: chatter, spout [informal], babble, rattle off 2. singular noun A patter is a series of quick, quiet, tapping sounds. ...the patter of the driving rain on the roof. [+ of] Synonyms: tapping, pattering, pitter-patter, pitapat 3. singular noun [usually poss NOUN] Someone's patter is 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. Even his neighbours in rural Maine fell for his patter. Fran began her automatic patter about how Jon had been unavoidably detained. Translations: Chinese: 急速拍打, 急速轻拍声 Japanese: パタパタとたたく, パタパタという音 |
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