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　

Collins.1 / BNC.18912 / COCA.19162

习惯用语

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。

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。

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。

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

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 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
The bell died in the patter of rain, from hell came the laughing of Satan at my brain.
急雨骤落，钟声渐远，脑海中又响起撒旦的狂笑。
And I got some patter with the capital gains tax, too.
我也能侃侃而谈投资利得所得税。
We might hear the patter of tiny feet all over again.
我们可能会再次听到小脚丫儿的嗒嗒声。
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
Application of MVC Design Patter in ASP Role Identity Verification
MVC设计模式在ASP角色身份验证中应用与实现
Save for its faint patter on my heavy jacket.
除了落在我厚厚的夹克衣上的轻拍。
Study on Transformation Mechanism and Patter of Regional Agricultural Scientific and Technological Achievement in Our Country
我国区域农业科技成果转化运行机制与模式研究
She listened to the rain patter on the window-panes.
她倾听着雨水敲打着玻璃窗。