patters

英 [ˈpætəz]

美 [ˈpætərz]

n. 吧嗒吧嗒的响声; 急速的轻拍声; (为推销或娱乐的)不间断说话
v. 发出轻快的拍打声; 轻盈地走
patter的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

VERB 嗒嗒作响；嗒嗒地拍
If somethingpatterson a surface, it hits it quickly several times, making quiet, tapping sounds.
1. Rain pattered gently outside, dripping on to the roof from the pines.
  外面，松树上的雨水滴落在屋顶上，嗒嗒作响。
N-SING 急促的轻拍声；嗒嗒声
Apatteris a series of quick, quiet, tapping sounds.
1. ...the patter of the driving rain on the roof.
  暴雨打在屋顶上发出的啪嗒声
N-SING （通常以娱乐、推销或劝说为目的的）顺口溜，伶俐话，连珠炮似的叫卖语
Someone'spatteris 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.
1. 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。
2. 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。