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词汇 pattering
释义 pattering
present participle ofpatter
patter
verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
uk /ˈpæt.ər/ us /ˈpæt̬.ɚ/
to make the sound of a lot of things gently and repeatedly hitting a surface: 发出轻快的拍打声,发出啪嗒啪嗒声
I heard the rain patter against/on the window.我听见雨点啪嗒啪嗒地打在窗户上。
We could hear mice pattering about/around looking for food.我们能听见老鼠窸窸窣窣地四处寻找食物。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
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bleep
boop
choo-choo
chuff
clap along
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honk
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whisper

Examples of pattering


pattering

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


So the child flew away like a bird, and, making bare her small white feet, went pattering along the moist margin of the sea.
Fortunately, the days have long passed when violent riots took place, when the streets sounded with pattering feet and scuffles that resulted in cracked heads.
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Turning to the right the performer again waves the left hand, maybe pattering that the audience should watch the hand closely (more misdirection).
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While partial the fore and hind wings still show some color pattering.
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They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering or pattering across the water.
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It feeds on small fish, squid and zooplankton while pattering on the sea's surface, and can find oily edible items by smell.
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Most species will occasionally feed by surface pattering, holding and moving their feet on the water's surface while holding steady above the water.
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It is essentially dark brown in all plumages, and has a fluttering flight, pattering on the water surface as it picks planktonic food items from the ocean surface.
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Pairs will also engage in a spectacular display, by rearing up and rushing across the surface of the water side by side, making a loud pattering sound with their feet.
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Photographs of the specimen give possible indications of the color pattering with the costal area, narrow at the wing base and widening out at the midpoint a dark tone.
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