pats

英 [pæts]

美 [pæts]

n.  (友善的)轻拍，拍打; 一小块黄油
v.  (喜爱地)轻拍
pat的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 轻拍；轻敲
  If youpatsomething or someone, you tap them lightly, usually with your hand held flat.
  1. 'Don't you worry about any of this,' she said patting me on the knee...
     “这个你什么都不用担心，”她轻拍着我的膝盖说。
  2. The landlady patted her hair nervously...
     女房东焦虑地轻抚着她的头发。
  3. Wash the lettuce and pat it dry.
     把莴苣洗一下拍干。
  4. Patis also a noun.
     
  5. He gave her an encouraging pat on the shoulder.
     他轻轻地拍了一下她的肩膀表示鼓励。
• （黄油等的）小块
  Apat ofbutter or something else that is soft is a small lump of it.
• ADJ-GRADED 敷衍的；过于简单的
  If you say that an answer or explanation ispat, you disapprove of it because it is too simple and sounds as if it has been prepared in advance.
  1. There's no pat answer to that...
     那个问题不是随随便便就能回答的。
  2. Despite the film's merits I felt it was too pat.
     尽管那部电影不乏亮点，但我还是觉得它过于敷衍了事。
• PHRASE 赞许；表扬
  If you give someonea pat on the backor if youpatthemon the back, you show them that you think they have done well and deserve to be praised.
  1. The players deserve a pat on the back...
     球员们值得表扬。
  2. If you do something well, give yourself a pat on the back.
     事情做得漂亮时，给自己一点表扬。
• PHRASE 了如指掌；完全掌握
  If youhavean answer or explanationdown patoroff pat, you have prepared and learned it so you are ready to say it at any time.
  1. I have my story down pat...
     我对自己想好的说法已烂熟于心。
  2. He had his answer off pat.
     他对自己如何作答胸有成竹。
• PHRASE 固执己见
  If youstand pat, you refuse to change your mind about something.
  1. On the other side, the men stood pat and were unyielding...
     在另一方面，那些人固执己见，不肯让步。
  2. It makes it hard for the Fed to do anything but stand pat till the economy's direction becomes clearer.
     这让美联储几乎无计可施，在经济发展方向明朗之前只好硬挺着。

双语例句

• He pats Vernon on the back and walks on.
  他在弗农的背上拍了一下，走开了。
• Soon the children were scampering off to watch a farmer ploughing with water buffalo and to stomp in cow pats with bare feet.
  不一会儿，孩子们就奔跑着去看一位农民，他正在用水牛耕田，并不时地用赤脚跺牛粪。
• J: What do you think it means when a biker pats the top of his or her helmet?
  如果一个骑摩托车的人拍一拍头盔是什么意思。让我想想。
• My teacher often pats me on the shoulder and challenges me to work hard.
  老师经常拍着我的肩膀激励我努力学习。
• Nonetheless, there is plenty of evidence that, without daily or weekly conversations about their work especially pats on the back for a job well done your best people are likely to quit.
  尽管如此，依然有足够的证据表明，如果没有每日或每周的工作谈话，特别是对良好表现的赞许，公司的最佳员工就可能会辞职。
• By this reasoning, freedom equals the pats of our nature not determined by our genes, a soft of flower that blooms after our genes have done their tyrannical worst.
  按照这样的逻辑，自由就等于我们的天性中不由基因决定的那些部分；是在我们的基因极尽专横跋扈之能事之后绽放的花朵。
• Any of various brown and yellow finches of pats of Europe.
  欧洲多种褐黄色的雀鸟。
• John is such a diligent student that the teacher often pats him on the back.
  约翰是个非常勤奋的学生，老师经常表扬他。
• He pats her kindly on the shoulder.
  他和和气气地拍拍她肩膀。
• Gerstner isn't one for chitchat& or the finer points of corporate etiquette. Pats on the back aren't his style, either.
  Gerstner不是一个闲谈的人，也不是一个公众礼节完善的人，轻拍后背也不是他的风格。