patter

patter

英 ['pætə]
　　美 ['pætɚ]

n. 行話；輕快腳步聲；急速拍打聲
　　vi. 滴答地響；急速地說；發出急速輕拍聲
　　vt. 喋喋不休地說；使…發出嗒嗒聲

中文詞源：

patter 拍打聲，吧嗒聲

來自pat,拍打，-re,表反復。

例句：

1. Fran began her automatic patter about how Jon had been unavoidably detained.
弗蘭開始不由自主地嘮叨起喬恩是怎樣無可避免地被扣留的。

2. There's no doubt women found him charming. It must have been his patter because he's certainly not at all good-looking.
女人們無疑會覺得他很迷人。這肯定是因為他的順口溜，因為他長得一點兒都不好看。

3. She's not particularly interested in having children, but her husband longs for the patter of tiny feet.
她並不特別想要孩子, 可是她的丈夫巴不得早點有個小寶寶.

4. She can't wait for the patter of tiny feet.
她巴不得嬰兒早日出生.

5. He heard the patter of Libby's feet approach the phone.
他聽到利比踢裡撻拉的腳步聲跑來接電話.