patter

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

Rain pattered gently outside, dripping onto the roof from the pines. 雨在外面沙沙地下著，從松樹上滴落在房頂上。

2. V to walk or move with quick soft steps 輕盈的走

3. N-SING A patter is a series of quick, quiet, tapping sounds. 急速擊打聲

...the patter of the driving rain on the roof. …大雨在屋頂上的急速擊打聲。

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. 順口溜

Women found him charming. It must have been his patter because he's not good-looking. 女人們覺得他有魅力。這肯定是因為他的順口溜，因為他并不好看。

5. V to speak glibly and rapidly 快速流利地講話