patter

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Fran began her automatic patter about how Jon had been unavoidably detained.
弗蘭開始不由自主地嘮叨起喬恩是怎樣無可避免地被扣留的。
She can't wait for the patter of tiny feet.
她巴不得嬰兒早日出生.
He heard the patter of Libby's feet approach the phone.
他聽到利比踢里撻拉的腳步聲跑來接電話.
Fran began her automatic patter about how Jon had been unavoidably detained.
弗蘭開始不由自主地嘮叨起喬恩是怎樣無可避免地被扣留的。
She's not particularly interested in having children, but her husband longs for the patter of tiny feet.
她并不特別想要孩子, 可是她的丈夫巴不得早點有個小寶寶.

(SPEECH) continuous and sometimes funny speech or talk, especially used by someone trying to sell things or by an entertainer
(SOUND) the sound of a lot of things gently and repeatedly hitting a surface
to make the sound of a lot of things gently and repeatedly hitting a surface

If something patters on a surface, it hits it quickly several times, making quiet, tapping sounds.
to walk or move with quick soft steps
A patter is a series of quick, quiet, tapping sounds.
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.
to speak glibly and rapidly