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单词 et patati et patata
释义

et patati et patata

/eɪ ˌpatətiː ˌeɪ patəˈtɑː/
(also et patata et patati)
noun
And so on and so forth; = et cetera.
  • Frequently used (especially appended to reported speech) to imply what has gone before is tedious or unnecessarily lengthy..

Origin

Late 19th century. From French et patati et patata, alteration of patati, patata, itself a variant of †patatin, patatac, a reduplicative formation imitative of a repeated chattering sound, with insertion of et ‘and’ before each imitative element.

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