patter

英 /ˈpætə(r)/ 美 /ˈpætɚ/

★★★★中高频词

中文释义

vt.（雨点）嗒嗒地下，嗒嗒地跑，叽叽喳喳地念，喋喋不休

n.黑话，行话，嗒嗒声，快板，顺口溜，急速拍打声

vi.滴答地响，急速地说，发出急速轻拍声

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。
She's not particularly interested in having children, but her husband longs for the patter of tiny feet.

她并不特别想要孩子, 可是她的丈夫巴不得早点有个小宝宝.
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。