patter

• n. 専門用語; 急な足音; 急な叩き音
• vi.刻む；速く話す；速くたたく音を立てる
• vt. 絶え間なく話す；ガチャガチャ音を立てる

patは「叩く」、-reは「繰り返す」から。

patter (v.1)

"make quick taps," 1610s, frequentative of pat (v.). Related: Pattered; pattering. As a noun in this sense from 1844.

patter (v.2)

"talk rapidly," c. 1400, from pater "mumble prayers rapidly" (c. 1300), shortened form of paternoster. Perhaps influenced by patter (v.1). The related noun is first recorded 1758, originally "cant language of thieves and beggars." Compare Devil's paternoster (1520s) "a grumbling and mumbling to oneself."

PATTERING. The maundering or pert replies of servants; also talk or palaver in order to amuse one intended to be cheated. [Grose, "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 2nd edition. 1788]

1. Fran began her automatic patter about how Jon had been unavidably detained.

フランは、ジョンがどのように避けられないように抑留されているのか、思わずつぶやき始めた。

2.There 's no doubt women found him charming.It must have been his patter because he 's certainly not at all good-looking.

女性たちは間違いなく彼を魅力的に感じるだろう。これは彼の口当たりがいいからに違いない。彼は少しもきれいではないからだ。

3.She 's not particularly interested in having children，but her husband longs for the patter of tiny feet.

彼女は特に子供が欲しいわけではないが、夫は早く赤ちゃんがほしいと思っている。

4.She can 't wait for the patter of tiny feet.

彼女は赤ちゃんが早く生まれることを切望している。

5.He heard the patter of Libby 's feet approach the phone.

彼はリビーが蹴っている足音を聞いて電話に出てきた。