pitter-patter

英['pɪtəpætə(r)] 美['pɪtəpætər]
  • n. 劈啪声(雨声)
pitter-pattered pitter-pattered pitter-pattering pitter-patters
Noun:
  1. a series of rapid tapping sounds;

    "she missed the pitter-patter of little feet around the house"

Adverb:
  1. as of footsteps;

    "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall"

  2. describing a rhythmic beating;

    "his heart went pit-a-pat"

Verb:
  1. rain gently;

    "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

  2. make light, rapid and repeated sounds;

    "gently pattering rain"

1. I was disturbed by he pitter-patter of rain on the roof.
屋顶上淅淅沥沥的雨声扰乱了我的思绪。

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2. Imagine this, I woke up this morning to the sound of the soft pitter-patter of snowfall.
试想象一下,我今天早上被轻轻的下雪声唤醒。

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3. I felt quite agreeable nothing more than sitting alone and blankly listening to pitter-patter outside.
只是一个人听着雨呆呆地坐在那儿,就觉得很惬意。

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4. Lulled to sleep by the pitter-patter of rain, perhaps they now dreamed of the month of dances and parties ahead.
噼里啪啦的雨声让人沉沉入睡,也许现在他们正梦见未来整个一个月的跳舞和聚会。

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5. Natalie Haynes, 35, has been with her partner for four years and has never dreamed of the pitter-patter of little feet.
35岁的纳塔利·海恩斯和丈夫生活在一起4年了,并且从来没想过要孩子。

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6. When your new car loses its ability to make your heart go pitter-patter, he says, you tend to draw the wrong conclusions.
当您的新赛车落空了本领,使你的心去拍挞拍挞,他说,你会得出错误的结论。

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7. As it happened to be a rainy year, I was often disturbed by the pitter-patter of rain beating down against the window and roof.
这一句的翻译,译者对“淅淅沥沥,打窗飘瓦,常常扰乱我看书的情绪”在语义上作了重新组合,结构上发生了很大变动。

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8. Even a rainy overcast day doesn't stop the tea drinking faithful from coming out and enjoying their favorite tea while listening to the pitter patter of the rain on the roof of the tea house.
哪怕是天气阴沉的下雨天也阻挡不了这些忠实的茶客,他们仍然会来到茶馆,伴着耳畔雨打屋檐的劈啪声,享受一壶中意的好茶。

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9. As she stood looking at it, wondering why there was a lamp-post in the middle of a wood and wondering what to do next, she heard a pitter patter of feet coming towards her.
正当她凝神望着灯柱,猜测着为什么在树林中有一个灯柱,考虑着下一步该怎么办的时候,她猛地听到一阵“啪嗒”“啪嗒”的脚步声。

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10. As she stood looking at it, wondering why there was a lamp-post in the middle of a wood and wondering what to do next, she heard a pitter patter of feet coming towards her.
正当她凝神望着灯柱,猜测着为什么在树林中有一个灯柱,考虑着下一步该怎么办的时候,她猛地听到一阵“啪嗒”“啪嗒”的脚步声。

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