英语词汇“patter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

verb | noun

patterpatter1 /ˈpæt̮ɚ/ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYpatter¹

Origin: 1600-1700 ➔ PAT²

VERB TABLE

patter

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	patter
	he, she, it	patters
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	pattered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have pattered
	he, she, it	has pattered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had pattered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will patter
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have pattered

Continuous Form
Present	I	am pattering
	he, she, it	is pattering
	you, we, they	are pattering
Past	I, he, she, it	was pattering
	you, we, they	were pattering
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been pattering
	he, she, it	has been pattering
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been pattering
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be pattering
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been pattering

if something, especially water, patters, it makes quiet sounds as it keeps hitting a surface lightly and quickly: patter on Rain pattered on windows.

verb | noun

patterpatter2 noun

ETYMOLOGYpatter²

Origin: (1,3) 1800-1900 ➔ PATTER¹ (2) 1700-1800 paternoster name of a Christian prayer (9-21 centuries)

1[singular] the sound made by something as it keeps hitting a surface lightly and quickly: patter of the patter of raindrops2[singular, uncountable] fast, continuous, and often amusing talk, used for example by someone telling jokes or trying to sell something SYN spiel: a comedian’s patter his sales patter3the patter of tiny feet humorous used to mean that someone is going to have a baby soon: Are we going to hear the patter of tiny feet?