| 釋義 |
patter1 /'paeta(r); 'paet/ n [U] 1 kind of talk used by a particular class of people: 行話; 切口; 暗語： thieves' ~; 小偸們的暗語; the ~ of an auc-.lioneer. 拍賈人的行話。 2 rapid talk of a conjuror or comedian; rapid speech introduced into a song (a '~ song). 魔術(shù)家或喜劇潢員的喋喋快語; 歌 (快調(diào)滑稽歌) 中的快調(diào)插詞。 vt, vi [VP6A] recite, say, repeat (prayers, etc) very quickly or in a mechanical way; [VP2A] talk fast or glibly. 喋喋背誦; 喋喋地說; 喋喋地重復(fù) (祈禮等); 快速或敏捷地講。 |