patter /ˈpætə/ TEM8 ( pattering, pattered, patters )

• 1. 

  V-I If something patters on a surface, it hits it quickly several times, making quiet, tapping sounds. 急速拍打

  例：

  Rain pattered gently outside, dripping onto the roof from the pines.

  雨在外面沙沙地下着，从松树上滴落在房顶上。

• 2. 

  V to walk or move with quick soft steps 轻盈的走

• 3. 

  N-SING A patter is a series of quick, quiet, tapping sounds. 急速击打声

  例：

  ...the patter of the driving rain on the roof.

  …大雨在屋顶上的急速击打声。

• 4. 

  N-SING Someone's patter is a series of things that they say quickly and easily, usually in order to entertain people or to persuade them to buy or do something. 顺口溜

  例：

  Women found him charming. It must have been his patter because he's not good-looking.

  女人们觉得他有魅力。这肯定是因为他的顺口溜，因为他并不好看。

• 5. 

  V to speak glibly and rapidly 快速流利地讲话