/'pætə(r); `pætɚ/
n [U] rapid and often glib speech used by a comedian, conjuror or salesman （滑稽演员、变戏法者或推销员的）顺口溜
*You have to learn to resist the sales patter. 你可得学乖点, 不要轻信推销员的那套话.

v
1 [Tn] say or repeat (prayers, etc) in a rapid mechanical way 喋喋地重复（祷告等）.
2 [I] talk quickly or glibly 快速地说; 喋喋不休地说.

/'pætə(r); `pætɚ/
n
1 [sing] sound of quick light steps or taps 轻快的脚步声或拍打声
*the patter of rain on a roof 雨点打在屋顶的啪嗒声
* the patter of footsteps 急速的脚步声.
2 (idm 习语) the patter of tiny `feet (joc 谑) (used to refer to a baby that sb is going to or might be going to have 用以指即将出生的婴儿) the sound of young children in a home 家中小儿的声音
*She can't wait for the patter of tiny feet. 她巴不得婴儿早日出生.

v
1 [I] make this sound 发出轻快的脚步声或拍打声
*rain pattering on the window panes 雨点啪嗒啪嗒地打在窗户上.
2 (phr v) patter along, down, etc (sth) walk quickly in the specified direction with light footsteps 以轻快的脚步沿某方向走
*She pattered along (the corridor) in her bare feet. 她赤着脚轻快地走过（走廊）.