| 单词 | pat |
| 释义 | pat¹ 🄰 vt. 1.+ person, animal轻拍(以示喜爱、祝贺等) He patted her hand.他拍了拍她的手。 As he bent down to pat the dog, it bit his hand.他弯下腰去拍这只狗时, 它咬了他的手。 to pat sb on the head轻拍某人的头 She patted the child on the head.她轻轻地拍了拍这个孩子的头。 to pat sb on the knee轻拍某人的膝盖 'Don't you worry,' she said, patting me on the knee.“不要担心。”她轻拍着我的膝盖说。 2.+ thing轻拍 The contessa patted the sofa. 'Come and talk to me.'伯爵夫人拍了拍沙发, 说：“过来和我谈谈。” He patted the pockets of the coat and brought out a pack of cigarettes.他拍了拍外套的口袋, 取出一盒香烟。 to pat sth dry用毛巾把某物拍干 Wash the lettuce and pat it dry.洗一下生菜, 并用毛巾把它拍干。 3.(shape, smooth)轻拍…使成形(或光滑) The landlady patted her hair nervously.女房东紧张地用手拍了拍头发。 🄱 vi. <罕>轻快地走(或跑) idiom ◆to pat sb on the back<非正式>赞扬某人；鼓励某人 to pat yourself on the back鼓励自己；对自己感到满意 Phrasal Verbpat down pat² 1.(friendly)轻拍 to give sb a pat on the shoulder轻拍某人的肩膀 He gave her a pat on the shoulder.他轻轻地拍了拍她的肩膀。 to give a dog a pat轻拍狗 2.(to shape, tidy)(为使整齐的)轻拍 to give sth a pat轻拍某物 She untied her headscarf and gave her hair a pat.她解开头巾, 拍了拍头发。 3.(small lump)小团；小块 a pat of butter一小块黄油 4.(sound)轻拍声；轻快的脚步声 idiom pat³ ◆on your pat<澳,非正式>独自一人 ◆a pat on the back赞扬；鼓励 The players deserve a pat on the back.这些队员应该受到表扬。 to give yourself a pat on the back鼓励自己；自我庆贺 If you do something well, give yourself a pat on the back.如果你出色地完成了某件事, 就鼓励一下自己。 1.to know sth off pat (know by heart)将某事记在心里 We know every movement we do off pat.我们记着我们做的每一个动作。 2.to have sth down patorto have sth off pat (prepared, learned)将某事准备得很充分；对某事了解得一清二楚 I have my story down pat.我把我的故事准备得很充分。 She had the name off pat.这个名字她已烂熟于胸。 He had his answer off pat.他把他的答案准备得很充分。 3.to have sth down pat<美>(mastered)掌握某事；彻底了解某事 By this time she had contrition down pat.到这时, 她彻底了解了什么是悔悟。 a guitarist who has a variety of styles down pat一个掌握了各种演奏风格的吉他手 She seems to have the formula down pat.她似乎完全掌握了这个公式。 idiom pat⁴ ◆to stand pat<美,加拿大>(refuse to back down)坚持不变；固执己见 On the other side, the men stood pat and were unyielding.另一边, 男人们固执己见, 不肯让步。 It makes it hard for the Fed to do anything but stand pat till the economy's direction becomes clearer.这使得美联储很难做出什么举动, 只能坚持到经济前景变明朗的时候。 【牌】不再要新牌；用手上现有牌打 1.<贬>(facile)过分妥帖的；预先准备好似的 Despite the film's merits, I felt it was too pat.尽管这部电影也有优点, 但是我觉得它太讨巧。 There's no pat answer to that.对此没有现成的答案。 They come up with a nice, pat generalization.他们想出了一个妥帖的笼统说法。 2.【牌】+ hand好的；恰好的 |
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