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pit-a-patBrE /ˌpɪt ə ˈpæt/NAmE /ˌpɪt ə ˈpæt/ (also ˈpitter-patter) adverbwith quick light steps or beats 扑扑的响声；噼啪声；哒哒声◆Her heart went pit-a-pat. 她心里扑扑直跳。▸ pit-a-pat (also ˈpitter-patter) noun [sing.] ◆I could hear the pit-a-pat of feet in the corridor. 我能听见走廊上啪哒啪哒的脚步声。 Reduplicative words airy-fairy, argy-bargy, chit-chat, criss-cross, dilly-dally, harum-scarum, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hocus-pocus, hoity-toity, hotchpotch, hurly-burly, itty-bitty, mumbo jumbo, mishmash, nitty-gritty, ping-pong, pitter-patter, shilly-shally, teeny-weeny, tittle-tattle, touchy-feely, wishy-washy |