patter的词源

英文词源

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]

中文词源

patter（喋喋不休）：基督教拉丁语祈祷词的开头

古代西方基督教徒使用拉丁语进行祈祷，祈祷词的第一句是“pater noster”（我们的圣父）。当时懂拉丁语的人很少，大部分基督教徒在祈祷时，除了开始的“pater noster”外，后面的估计都是在死记硬背下来的。因此人们就用“pater noster”表示这种不知所云的“祈祷文”，比喻各种外行人听不懂、叽里咕噜的话，如魔术师的念念有词、黑话行话、喋喋不休的唠叨等。该词进入英语后演变成paternoster，后来又简化为patter。

patter：['pætə] v.喋喋不休的说，滴答的响，急速的说，发出急速轻拍声n.行话，急速拍打声

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patter：拍打声，吧嗒声

来自pat,拍打，-re,表反复。