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verb ˈpatəˈpædər [no object]1Make a repeated light tapping sound. 发出急速轻拍声 a flurry of rain pattered against the window 一阵小雨噼噼啪啪地轻击窗户。 Example sentencesExamples - Outside, rain was pattering against the windowpanes.
- The sky was a grey feathery mass; the rain pattered down in little stinging freezing drops.
- The rain was still pattering down softly on her window.
- Rain pattered against the windows of the castle as its inhabitants braced for the true storm that was coming.
- The sound of rain pattered above her, but her face was dry. ‘I must be inside,’ she thought.
- The sound of rain pattering on the roof woke Miles up.
- The rain was pattering on the side of the building.
- The rain pattered loudly against the window, lulling Amber out of sleep.
- A light rain pattered down over them as they rode along, talking about nothing in particular, enjoying each other's company.
- With rain pattering gently off the window of her small bedroom, the fourteen year-old girl clambered out of bed to face the first day of term.
- I should perhaps warn you that if I don't get any votes, I might just end up doing nothing but listening to the rain pattering against the window.
- Rain patters against the glass with soft, almost soothing sounds, mocking me.
- Remember, you said to take a day at a time, treasure the little things - like listening to the rain pattering on the window pane, like spending time looking at the sunset.
- A light spill of acid rain was pattering against his window.
- Rain pattered on the windows, fighting to come inside, but no matter how hard the raindrops hurled themselves at the glass, they always bounced right off.
- Thunder clapped overhead as rain drops began to patter against the windows.
- The sound of rain pattering on the pavement added to my feeling of hopelessness.
- Rain lightly pattered on the windows, the sky the lightest shade of grey.
- The rain pattered on the wide windows beside her.
- The rain pattered on the windowsill in a dull rhythm.
Synonyms pitter-patter, tap, drum, clatter, beat, pound, rattle, throb, pulsate, rat-a-tat, go pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, clack, click-clack, thrum archaic bicker, clacket - 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Run with quick light steps.
小步快跑 he quickly pattered down the stairs Example sentencesExamples - I grabbed it without hesitation and pattered down the hall behind him.
- We heard Natalie pattering up the hall, so I decided to pull away.
- I nodded a little bit and pattered back to the couch.
- Feet pattered down the stairs, and then strong, slender hands were ripping his sleeve apart.
- Cerbreo came pattering up then, a frown on his face.
- She pattered across cobbles and came to the main square.
- ‘Have fun,’ his mother called after him, as he ran out the cave: his paws pattering on the fallen snow.
- I ran to the stair chamber, listening to the footfalls of the figure come back down the stairs with another pair of feet pattering quickly behind.
- But I can't make myself pause and inhale the view today, instead I patter down the steps towards the rose gardens and another wedding.
- I heard the guards pattering down the stairs at top speed.
- Bare feet pattered on cold stone, the quick breaths shallow from exhaustion, Ayla and Dylan ran on in pursuit of the two shadowy figures.
- Benjamin pattered across the kitchen to his mother and grabbed her skirts.
- And then I hear the sound of little feet and they aren't pitter pattering, they are running.
- I handed her the pen and paper and she thanked me quickly, pattering back over to her table.
- Amy pattered in, holding Bob in her arms, and winced.
- He pattered off again - a strange glow seemingly emanating from his coat.
- He leapt to his feet and came pattering over to me, followed closely by Chestnut.
- Instead of her father's big booming steps, small feet pattered against the carpet.
- Mum patters into the room and hops onto my bed, crossing her legs in front of her.
Synonyms scurry, scuttle, skip, trip, tiptoe, walk lightly, walk on tiptoe
noun ˈpatəˈpædər A repeated light tapping. 发出急速轻拍声 the plashing patter of steady rain Example sentencesExamples - The only sounds at ten in the morning are the hum of the automatic milking machine and the patter of rain on tin roofing.
- Her voice echoed across the field and Delia felt a small patter of rain on her nose.
- The patter of the rain echoed throughout the large building.
- I hear a patter of footsteps, and Jenni comes up behind me.
- They waited for two days in the basement, making as little noise as possible, hearing the tiny patters of their feet finally leave the building.
- I heard their patters of footsteps stop near my door.
- All I can hear is the light patter of the rain outside, and the sound of water dripping from my drenched self onto the car seat.
- With a whisper, then a patter, then a roar, the rain starts again.
- Three hours later, the last people were gone, and the rain was a steady patter on the roof.
- The nurse left with the light patter of feet, leaving Mallory and Andrew alone once again.
- The patter of light running footsteps sounded behind him.
- The bad weather started a little after noon yesterday, a steady patter of sleet that lasted for hours, but didn't accumulate.
- He bunched himself together under the patters of rain.
- I understand pain, appreciate laughter, treasure the patter of rain and the song of the wind more than ever before.
- Children, dressed in threadbare clothes and their arms laden with gifts, seemed oblivious to the steady patter of rain and surprised at their good fortune.
- Sound, be it the music of a violin or the patter of rain on a rooftop, is vibrations in the air around us.
- The lesson plodded on, the patter of rain drumming on the windows filled the room with its soft noise.
- Outside, she could hear the steady patter of rain against the roof.
- Closing his eyes, Darien shut out the patter of the rain and listened instead for the sound of guards in the hallway beyond the window ledge.
- The typewriter's tapping turns into the patter of rain as the story he's writing fades into the picture.
Synonyms pitter-patter, tapping, pattering, drumming, drumbeat, clatter, beat, beating, tattoo, pounding, throb, pulsation, rat-a-tat, pit-a-pat, clack, click-clack, clacketing, thrum, thrumming
Phraseshumorous Used in reference to the presence or imminent birth of a child. 〈幽默〉 用于指有孩子或即将生孩子踢小脚的吧嗒吧嗒声 I had given up hope of hearing the patter of tiny feet 我已经放弃了生孩子的希望。 Example sentencesExamples - Writing in the New York Times, he speaks out for the silent minority of men who wait in hope for the patter of tiny feet.
- His mum hopes to welcome the patter of tiny feet with the clicking of knitting needles.
- The Harford family would like to hear the patter of tiny feet in stereo, but we discovered the first time around that having a baby is not cheap.
- I can hear the patter of tiny feet in nine months time.
- His plans to expand his $109 million home have prompted speculation over the patter of tiny feet.
- Since the patter of tiny feet arrived unexpectedly when he was 18 years old, the Napier hair stylist has been a doting dad.
OriginEarly 17th century: frequentative of pat1. This word for smooth-flowing continuous talk was first used in the sense ‘recite (a prayer, charm, etc.) rapidly’. It comes from paternoster, literally ‘Our Father’, the Lord's prayer recited in Latin. The noun dates from the mid 18th century. See also pat
Rhymesattar, batter, bespatter, chatter, clatter, flatter, hatter, Kenyatta, latter, matamata, matter, natter, platter, ratter, regatta, satyr, scatter, shatter, smatter, spatter, splatter, yatter noun ˈpatəˈpædər mass noun1Rapid continuous talk, such as that used by a comedian or salesperson. （滑稽演员或推销员的）急口词；快板 take a friend with you to deflect the sales patter Example sentencesExamples - That said, we all agree that a gag works best when the punchline is not telegraphed, and when the comedian's patter at least feigns originality.
- But after this pile-up of patter, the best he can do is to accept that the poor creature is incorrigible.
- He has a line in patter that goes down well with the American media, and most importantly, possesses the talent to back it all up.
- Instead they turned to a man with a sun tan, newly polished teeth, a nice line in patter and a keen sense of the politics of the FA.
- I'm talking about the equally prosaic patter of ‘No problem.’
- And he has a nice line in self-deprecating patter.
- He is thoroughly dapper: all straw boater and braces and a good line in patter.
- It should be avoided at all costs, never mind how slick the sales patter is.
- What follows, for about 45 minutes, are bizarre little set pieces, punctuated by ample, generally clever patter.
- It is patter, further marred by a condescending tone.
- I had to give a 15-minute show with patter to demonstrate my skills and they accepted me.
- The lender will usually come up with its own estimate of rental income, which tends to be more realistic than the sales patter of letting agents.
- My stage patter is tireless, kinetic and I sometimes exhaust myself and, yes, sometimes I wear dashikis and use street slang.
- We had it all: fumbled lines, clichés, bad patter.
- Is it any wonder their sales patter is slick with comments about the ‘savvy’ Irish buyers who ‘drive hard bargains’.
- And, as always, you can try your patter on the audience with the $50 joke competition.
- You quickly realise that you need a line of patter, of questions, of genuine interest peppered with observations, to break through those socially unacceptable pauses.
- Some of the sequences have more words per panel than is necessary: these are people who live by patter, after all, so you wanna see 'em using this to the fullest.
- But I'm a sucker for the smooth sales patter of the art dealers.
- He worked up a good bit of patter with the audience and even managed to get a laugh when recounting a story that involved switching into a different language.
Synonyms rambling(s), prattle, prating, blather, blither, drivel, chatter, jabber, gabble, babble, glib talk, monologue Scottish blether informal gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabbering, yatter British informal rabbiting, wittering, waffle, chuntering archaic twaddle, clack (sales) pitch, sales talk, line, spiel - 1.1 The jargon of a profession or social group.
行话，圈内语 he picked up the patter from watching his dad 他通过对父亲的观察学会了这些行话。 Example sentencesExamples - Rhyming slang was part of the general patter of traders and others, used as much for amusement as for secret communication.
- The young people of Spain are becoming impressed with bullfighting again, the language of the fight part of their hip patter.
Synonyms way/manner of speaking, speech, language, idiom, vocabulary, jargon, parlance, argot, patois, cant, -speak, dialect, vernacular, idiolect, phraseology, terminology French façon de parler informal lingo - 1.2 Rapid speech included in a song, especially for comic effect.
（尤指歌曲中为起到滑稽效果的）急口插词 as modifier a patter song of invective 一首谩骂急口歌。 Example sentencesExamples - With his rambling between-song patter he fills in much of the background to his tale.
- He put on plays with his staff and fellows, delighting that he could dress in funny costumes and sing patter songs.
- He spends his send-off correcting the grammar of the patter song his patrons have written for him.
- It is astonishing to hear him sing his section of the Act Two patter trio in a single breath.
- My between-song patter is useless, it's met with a rising wave of indistinct yelling and conversations with friends who must be across the room.
- I tried to imagine how a translator had struggled with the patter songs, and why?
- For all the score's mad energy, the dramatic shapes are never in doubt, the climaxes are effective and the syllabic patter even starts to sound like real conversation, comic yet frantic.
- His diction, even in the most demanding patter songs, was wonderful.
- His diction, even in the most demanding patter songs (for example the Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song in Iolanthe), was wonderful.
- He has perfect clarity in the fastest patter arias that would leave most bass-baritones tripping over themselves.
- Impeccable diction (even in patter songs), timing, and mimicry contributed to memorable character-monologues.
- In Glasgow, pantos are a series of song and dance numbers strung together with a bit of patter.
- In a little over two hours, he ran through more than 30 of his greatest songs, punctuating them with hilarious, self-deprecating patter which had the audience in stitches.
verb ˈpatəˈpædər [no object]Talk at length without saying anything significant. 唠唠叨叨地说 she pattered on incessantly 她唠唠叨叨地说个不停。 Example sentencesExamples - She pattered on and on as we walked out the ramp to the airplane and were seated in the last row of the First Class section.
Synonyms prattle, ramble, prate, blather, blether, blither, drivel, rattle, chatter, jabber, gabble, babble informal gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter British informal rabbit, witter, waffle, natter, chunter Australian informal mag archaic twaddle, clack
OriginLate Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'recite (a prayer, charm, etc.) rapidly'): from paternoster. The noun dates from the mid 18th century. verbˈpadərˈpædər [no object]1Make a repeated light tapping sound. 发出急速轻拍声 a flurry of rain pattered against the window 一阵小雨噼噼啪啪地轻击窗户。 Example sentencesExamples - Rain pattered against the windows of the castle as its inhabitants braced for the true storm that was coming.
- A light rain pattered down over them as they rode along, talking about nothing in particular, enjoying each other's company.
- The sky was a grey feathery mass; the rain pattered down in little stinging freezing drops.
- Rain patters against the glass with soft, almost soothing sounds, mocking me.
- The rain was still pattering down softly on her window.
- Remember, you said to take a day at a time, treasure the little things - like listening to the rain pattering on the window pane, like spending time looking at the sunset.
- The sound of rain pattering on the pavement added to my feeling of hopelessness.
- I should perhaps warn you that if I don't get any votes, I might just end up doing nothing but listening to the rain pattering against the window.
- The sound of rain pattered above her, but her face was dry. ‘I must be inside,’ she thought.
- A light spill of acid rain was pattering against his window.
- Rain lightly pattered on the windows, the sky the lightest shade of grey.
- The rain pattered loudly against the window, lulling Amber out of sleep.
- The rain was pattering on the side of the building.
- With rain pattering gently off the window of her small bedroom, the fourteen year-old girl clambered out of bed to face the first day of term.
- Outside, rain was pattering against the windowpanes.
- Thunder clapped overhead as rain drops began to patter against the windows.
- The sound of rain pattering on the roof woke Miles up.
- The rain pattered on the windowsill in a dull rhythm.
- Rain pattered on the windows, fighting to come inside, but no matter how hard the raindrops hurled themselves at the glass, they always bounced right off.
- The rain pattered on the wide windows beside her.
Synonyms pitter-patter, tap, drum, clatter, beat, pound, rattle, throb, pulsate, rat-a-tat, go pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, clack, click-clack, thrum - 1.1 Run with quick light steps.
小步快跑 plovers pattered at the edge of the marsh 鸻沿着沼泽地边缘小步快跑。 Example sentencesExamples - She pattered across cobbles and came to the main square.
- Instead of her father's big booming steps, small feet pattered against the carpet.
- Mum patters into the room and hops onto my bed, crossing her legs in front of her.
- And then I hear the sound of little feet and they aren't pitter pattering, they are running.
- I ran to the stair chamber, listening to the footfalls of the figure come back down the stairs with another pair of feet pattering quickly behind.
- He pattered off again - a strange glow seemingly emanating from his coat.
- Feet pattered down the stairs, and then strong, slender hands were ripping his sleeve apart.
- Bare feet pattered on cold stone, the quick breaths shallow from exhaustion, Ayla and Dylan ran on in pursuit of the two shadowy figures.
- I grabbed it without hesitation and pattered down the hall behind him.
- He leapt to his feet and came pattering over to me, followed closely by Chestnut.
- Benjamin pattered across the kitchen to his mother and grabbed her skirts.
- Cerbreo came pattering up then, a frown on his face.
- I handed her the pen and paper and she thanked me quickly, pattering back over to her table.
- We heard Natalie pattering up the hall, so I decided to pull away.
- But I can't make myself pause and inhale the view today, instead I patter down the steps towards the rose gardens and another wedding.
- ‘Have fun,’ his mother called after him, as he ran out the cave: his paws pattering on the fallen snow.
- I nodded a little bit and pattered back to the couch.
- Amy pattered in, holding Bob in her arms, and winced.
- I heard the guards pattering down the stairs at top speed.
Synonyms scurry, scuttle, skip, trip, tiptoe, walk lightly, walk on tiptoe
nounˈpadərˈpædər A repeated light tapping. 发出急速轻拍声 the rain had stopped its vibrating patter above him 他头顶上空噼噼啪啪的小雨已经停了。 Example sentencesExamples - The lesson plodded on, the patter of rain drumming on the windows filled the room with its soft noise.
- The bad weather started a little after noon yesterday, a steady patter of sleet that lasted for hours, but didn't accumulate.
- The typewriter's tapping turns into the patter of rain as the story he's writing fades into the picture.
- The nurse left with the light patter of feet, leaving Mallory and Andrew alone once again.
- I hear a patter of footsteps, and Jenni comes up behind me.
- Outside, she could hear the steady patter of rain against the roof.
- I understand pain, appreciate laughter, treasure the patter of rain and the song of the wind more than ever before.
- I heard their patters of footsteps stop near my door.
- Her voice echoed across the field and Delia felt a small patter of rain on her nose.
- The patter of the rain echoed throughout the large building.
- Children, dressed in threadbare clothes and their arms laden with gifts, seemed oblivious to the steady patter of rain and surprised at their good fortune.
- Closing his eyes, Darien shut out the patter of the rain and listened instead for the sound of guards in the hallway beyond the window ledge.
- Three hours later, the last people were gone, and the rain was a steady patter on the roof.
- He bunched himself together under the patters of rain.
- Sound, be it the music of a violin or the patter of rain on a rooftop, is vibrations in the air around us.
- The patter of light running footsteps sounded behind him.
- They waited for two days in the basement, making as little noise as possible, hearing the tiny patters of their feet finally leave the building.
- All I can hear is the light patter of the rain outside, and the sound of water dripping from my drenched self onto the car seat.
- With a whisper, then a patter, then a roar, the rain starts again.
- The only sounds at ten in the morning are the hum of the automatic milking machine and the patter of rain on tin roofing.
Synonyms pitter-patter, tapping, pattering, drumming, drumbeat, clatter, beat, beating, tattoo, pounding, throb, pulsation, rat-a-tat, pit-a-pat, clack, click-clack, clacketing, thrum, thrumming
Phraseshumorous Used in reference to the presence or imminent birth of a child. 〈幽默〉 用于指有孩子或即将生孩子踢小脚的吧嗒吧嗒声 I had given up hope of hearing the patter of tiny feet 我已经放弃了生孩子的希望。 Eric and Heather are expecting the patter of tiny feet on August 5 Example sentencesExamples - I can hear the patter of tiny feet in nine months time.
- His mum hopes to welcome the patter of tiny feet with the clicking of knitting needles.
- Writing in the New York Times, he speaks out for the silent minority of men who wait in hope for the patter of tiny feet.
- The Harford family would like to hear the patter of tiny feet in stereo, but we discovered the first time around that having a baby is not cheap.
- Since the patter of tiny feet arrived unexpectedly when he was 18 years old, the Napier hair stylist has been a doting dad.
- His plans to expand his $109 million home have prompted speculation over the patter of tiny feet.
OriginEarly 17th century: frequentative of pat. nounˈpædərˈpadər 1Rapid or smooth-flowing continuous talk, such as that used by a comedian or salesman. （滑稽演员或推销员的）急口词；快板 slick black hair, flashy clothes, and a New York line of patter 油光发亮的黑发、华贵的衣服和一串纽约式的急口词。 Example sentencesExamples - The lender will usually come up with its own estimate of rental income, which tends to be more realistic than the sales patter of letting agents.
- That said, we all agree that a gag works best when the punchline is not telegraphed, and when the comedian's patter at least feigns originality.
- I had to give a 15-minute show with patter to demonstrate my skills and they accepted me.
- And, as always, you can try your patter on the audience with the $50 joke competition.
- You quickly realise that you need a line of patter, of questions, of genuine interest peppered with observations, to break through those socially unacceptable pauses.
- He is thoroughly dapper: all straw boater and braces and a good line in patter.
- He worked up a good bit of patter with the audience and even managed to get a laugh when recounting a story that involved switching into a different language.
- But I'm a sucker for the smooth sales patter of the art dealers.
- It should be avoided at all costs, never mind how slick the sales patter is.
- And he has a nice line in self-deprecating patter.
- Some of the sequences have more words per panel than is necessary: these are people who live by patter, after all, so you wanna see 'em using this to the fullest.
- Is it any wonder their sales patter is slick with comments about the ‘savvy’ Irish buyers who ‘drive hard bargains’.
- Instead they turned to a man with a sun tan, newly polished teeth, a nice line in patter and a keen sense of the politics of the FA.
- We had it all: fumbled lines, clichés, bad patter.
- What follows, for about 45 minutes, are bizarre little set pieces, punctuated by ample, generally clever patter.
- But after this pile-up of patter, the best he can do is to accept that the poor creature is incorrigible.
- I'm talking about the equally prosaic patter of ‘No problem.’
- My stage patter is tireless, kinetic and I sometimes exhaust myself and, yes, sometimes I wear dashikis and use street slang.
- He has a line in patter that goes down well with the American media, and most importantly, possesses the talent to back it all up.
- It is patter, further marred by a condescending tone.
Synonyms rambling, ramblings, prattle, prating, blather, blither, drivel, chatter, jabber, gabble, babble, glib talk, monologue pitch, sales pitch, sales talk, line, spiel - 1.1 The special language or jargon of a profession or other group.
行话，圈内语 he picked up the patter from watching his dad 他通过对父亲的观察学会了这些行话。 Example sentencesExamples - Rhyming slang was part of the general patter of traders and others, used as much for amusement as for secret communication.
- The young people of Spain are becoming impressed with bullfighting again, the language of the fight part of their hip patter.
Synonyms manner of speaking, way of speaking, speech, language, idiom, vocabulary, jargon, parlance, argot, patois, cant, -speak, dialect, vernacular, idiolect, phraseology, terminology - 1.2 Rapid speech included in a song, especially for comic effect.
（尤指歌曲中为起到滑稽效果的）急口插词 as modifier a patter song of invective 一首谩骂急口歌。 Example sentencesExamples - He spends his send-off correcting the grammar of the patter song his patrons have written for him.
- His diction, even in the most demanding patter songs (for example the Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song in Iolanthe), was wonderful.
- With his rambling between-song patter he fills in much of the background to his tale.
- In a little over two hours, he ran through more than 30 of his greatest songs, punctuating them with hilarious, self-deprecating patter which had the audience in stitches.
- My between-song patter is useless, it's met with a rising wave of indistinct yelling and conversations with friends who must be across the room.
- For all the score's mad energy, the dramatic shapes are never in doubt, the climaxes are effective and the syllabic patter even starts to sound like real conversation, comic yet frantic.
- In Glasgow, pantos are a series of song and dance numbers strung together with a bit of patter.
- He put on plays with his staff and fellows, delighting that he could dress in funny costumes and sing patter songs.
- Impeccable diction (even in patter songs), timing, and mimicry contributed to memorable character-monologues.
- He has perfect clarity in the fastest patter arias that would leave most bass-baritones tripping over themselves.
- His diction, even in the most demanding patter songs, was wonderful.
- It is astonishing to hear him sing his section of the Act Two patter trio in a single breath.
- I tried to imagine how a translator had struggled with the patter songs, and why?
verbˈpædərˈpadər [no object]Talk at length without saying anything significant. 唠唠叨叨地说 she pattered on incessantly 她唠唠叨叨地说个不停。 Example sentencesExamples - She pattered on and on as we walked out the ramp to the airplane and were seated in the last row of the First Class section.
Synonyms prattle, ramble, prate, blather, blether, blither, drivel, rattle, chatter, jabber, gabble, babble
OriginLate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘recite (a prayer, charm, etc.) rapidly’): from paternoster. The noun dates from the mid 18th century. |