| 词汇 | pitter-patter |
| 释义 | pitter-patter noun[ S ] uk /ˈpɪt.əˌpæt.ər/ us /ˈpɪt̬.ɚˌpæt̬.ɚ/ a series of quick, light knocking sounds: 噼噼啪啪声;哒哒声;噼啪声 I heard the pitter-patter of tiny feet(= the noise of children running).我听见小孩踢踢踏踏的脚步声。 Sounds made by objects, movement or impact bang around bleep boop choo-choo chuff clap along click away crunch honk plop resonance rumble spit squeak susurrus swoosh thrum thunk tick-tock ticking pitter-patter verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] uk /ˈpɪt.əˌpæt.ər/ us /ˈpɪt̬.ɚˌpæt̬.ɚ/ to make a series of quick, light knocking sounds: The rain pitter-pattered on the roof. For a few moments, my heart pitter-pattered in my chest. My bare feet pitter-pattered across the wooden floor. When I see mountains my heart pitter-patters, they promise adventure. Evening rain pitter-patters off the metal roof. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact bang around bleep boop choo-choo chuff clap along click away crunch honk plop resonance rumble spit squeak susurrus swoosh thrum thunk tick-tock ticking pitter-patter adverb uk /ˈpɪt.əˌpæt.ər/ us /ˈpɪt̬.ɚˌpæt̬.ɚ/ with a series of quick, light knocking sounds: Ah, the thought of love makes the heart go pitter-patter. The 26-year-old musician definitely knows how to make hearts go pitter-patter. When you walked in, my heart went pitter-patter. We drank tea while watching the raindrops fall pitter-patter. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact bang around bleep boop choo-choo chuff clap along click away crunch honk plop resonance rumble spit squeak susurrus swoosh thrum thunk tick-tock ticking Examples of pitter-patterpitter-patter Don't grow up expecting to make fellows' hearts go pitter-patter ! A phrase is then passed in echo around the choirs before being subsumed in a huge cluster chord, which then dissolves in spoken pitter-patter. The maggots, starved for oxygen, writhe and jump in the bag, creating a pitter-patter sound. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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