| 单词 | pitter-patter |
| 例句 | And then there was a pitter-patter of feet, and Stephanie crawled into bed and they sort of slept the rest of the night under the robe that smelled like Daddy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We’re both quiet for a few moments as we walk, the rain making pitter-patter sounds against our umbrellas, and our shoes squeaking on the wet sidewalk. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z When I was learning to walk, soon as I took my first pitter-patter, Darryl probably pushed me. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He heard what sounded like the pitter-patter of heavy rain on glass. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Mama and Papa were so engrossed in their own thoughts and conversation that they didn’t hear the two sets of footsteps pitter-patter down the upstairs hallway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I like it when it rains because the soft pitter-patter on the tin roof is soothing, but it never lasts more than a few minutes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z My feet made a stupid pitter-patter as I walked, and I thought that Frith, with his felt soles, must have thought me foolish. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Or the pitter-patter of him walking across the room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z There was the pitter-patter of footsteps above them, which almost made him stop, but he steeled his nerves and kept going. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Her song Crystalline was mesmeric, Björk's pitter-patter around the stage accompanied with Wonder Woman punches; Pagan Poetry was a cosmic aria. Bonnaroo: Paul McCartney rules 2013-06-18T14:39:13Z And the waste sprayed on fields often fell on the roofs of nearby houses, Addison writes, with “the soft pitter-patter of rain.” When Thousands of Hogs Are Your Neighbors 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z The “pitter-patter” of this rapacious arts juggernaut is indeed well practiced by now, but only because attacks on the arts are now a seasonal performance from a determined minority political faction. Perspective | It’s not an attack on the arts, it’s an attack on communities 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Bantering with Badu, he pulls sassy glissandos from the horn and pushes her into pitter-patter rhythmic exchanges. Listen to the Essential Terence Blanchard 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z This is the Higher Drollerie: pitter-patter satire that doesn't have much force or direction but which is genuinely suggestive and leaves a flavour of quizzical dissent. Birthday; Kiss Me Kate; Get Stuff Break Free – review 2012-06-30T23:05:59Z Bowman’s pitter-patter cadences and sterling melisma propel sunset cruiser “Down” and the swinging “Sweetest Thing,” a throwback R&B slow jam with a carefree guitar riff. Seattle rapper Dave B, riding wave of momentum, to play Neptune 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Exhausted after a day of travel, I climbed onto the thin mattress and fell asleep listening to the pitter-patter of rain on the clay roof. Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z He switched to brushes and stayed away from Nelson’s warm, declaratory lines, but his playing was ever-present, with a sensuous sweep at times offset with pitter-patter. Review | Master drummer Louis Hayes drives his quintet from behind the kit 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Miller’s playing was kinetic, especially in Owens’s vivid writing — efficiently obstinate in “Desire,” with a lovely pitter-patter of raindrops in “In time of silver rain.” Review: Lawrence Brownlee Makes Room for Black Composers 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z When I imagine my future, it doesn’t include the pitter-patter of little feet or the wailing of colicky newborns. Modern Love: A Role He Was Born to Play 2012-11-15T21:08:15Z And the pitter-patter of incessant rain provides hypnotic underscoring. Michael John LaChiusa's musical 'Rain' is just too outdated to remain relevant 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z For some gym members, the pitter-patter of young feet is a welcome development. What are kids doing at the gym? 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z He’s a raspy, percussive rapper who understands how to slip alongside a beat, spitting slick pitter-patter while more exciting things erupt around him. Pitbull Moves Beyond Hip-Hop and Into the Unknown on ‘Climate Change’ 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The pitter-patter sound of raindrops heard through the translucent retractable covering failed to distract Bouchard as she came back from the 35-minute break to sprinkle her opponent's half of the court with thunderous winners. 'Princess' Eugenie aiming for Wimbledon coronation 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The rain was percolating down through the darkness above and landing in the small front garden with a quiet pitter-patter. At the Writing Academy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z “I was feeling a lot of things, a lot of positive things, but I wasn’t feeling that extra pitter-patter in my heart.” She was just glad that he showed up for their date 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z As they slither under the handrails and twirl on the top landing, it's quiet but for the swooshing of their feet, the background chorus of rush-hour traffic and the pitter-patter of curious passersby. Music Center's Moves After Dark about contemporary dance, architecture 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The show’s soundtrack and the décor are usually distinctly ’80s, but the pitter-patter of David and Maddie’s bickering and the creativity of the mysteries are timeless. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Running downhill is counterintuitive: you need to lean forwards, run light, with an agile, pitter-patter foot plant; relax and be loose; don’t dig your heels in; let gravity pull you down the hill. Fit in my 40s: will trail running make me faster? 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z In mood, his work is almost always ambiguous: The loudest moments in “Joy Boy,” mostly a delicate pitter-patter of a piece, might just as easily be cries of pain as joy. A Long-Lost Composer Is Raised From the Dead 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z At the other end are enthusiastic fans, who are thrilled about the return of the thundering pitter-patter of feline feet. Just Say ‘Cats,’ and Watch the Fur Fly 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Before the sniffles, before the sharp inhales and heavy swallows — before, in other words, any of the typical sounds of crying — you hear the muted pitter-patter of a child’s tears making landfall on his T-shirt. How to Turn a Good Cry Into Good Cinema 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z So, open an official document on your computer, before one of these brief sojourns to eBay or Gawker, then toggle back to business when you hear the pitter-patter of Boss Man’s feet. Social Q?s: Your Father?s Keeper 2010-06-17T22:36:00Z “We would wake to the pitter-patter of little feet in the middle of the night,” Groonwald recalls, saying that the experience taught her two lessons. Millennial Money: These Airbnb horror stories can teach you what to watch for 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z A noise jolts you awake, and you hear the pitter-patter of tiny, scurrying feet. Found a rat in your house? Here’s how to get rid of it 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z In their hotel room, the gentle pitter-patter of monsoon rains on the roof set the stage for a week of romance — away from the heat and grime of the city. Monsoon’s Fury Sours Romance of Wet Season Travel in India 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Zookeeper Rosie Owen said: "It's so lovely to once again hear the pitter-patter of tiny, spotty and stripy Malayan tapir feet." Chester Zoo celebrates birth of endangered Malayan tapir 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The predictability of this place calms me: the salty air, the sounds of rushing waves, the pitter-patter of the runners, seagulls chirping and the wind dancing on the sand. The mental health effects of living with long COVID 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z We can know this because anti-abortion propaganda is awash in stories romanticizing dead and maimed women, whose "sacrifice for the unborn" causes right-wing hearts to pitter-patter. GOP uses mass murder script on abortion 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z And the rapid-fire pitter-patter of those spidery digits over computer keyboards is a comical running gag throughout. ‘The Bad Guys’ movie review: Animated villains are all good fun 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Obviously modest in quantity, Saturday’s pitter-patter in Washington may also have escaped widespread notice for another reason. You may have missed it: rain fell Saturday for fifth straight day. 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z “You can feel the warm air of the Indian Ocean running through his novels as well as the pitter-patter of English rain,” she said. 'Pure elation': For East African novelists, this year's Nobel was no head-scratcher 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Trump still makes many Americans’ hearts go pitter-patter. Opinion | Donald Trump Is Starving 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Other sounds not normally heard also felt amplified: the creaking of electronic sunshades rising into position on changeovers, the pitter-patter of the ball kids’ shoes. Australian Open goes quiet as lockdown keeps crowds away 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z The musician later told the NME she felt a "little pitter-patter in my heart" when "that cute boy" followed her back on social media. Paul Mescal stars in Phoebe Bridgers' music video for Savior Complex 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The pitter-patter of feet across hard wooden floors. Calculating the Incalculable 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z It also went to Jessica, another younger sister who plays for Master’s, and Tiago, a junior guard at Santa Clarita Christian School who intends on following the pitter-patter of family footsteps to Master’s. Soares siblings reached new heights at Master's until coronavirus ended their seasons 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z The pitter-patter of summer rain opens Lhasa de Sela’s 1997 debut, a meditative prelude to an album that so vividly sparks your imagination about its folk tales and the mystical woman behind them. 33 life-affirming albums to help get you through self-quarantine, according to music experts 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z It’s been 45 years since the pitter-patter of glitterati high-heels on the hotel’s floors was replaced by the thud of soldiers’ combat boots. Aging grand hotel highlights the ethnic division in Cyprus 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z It's been 45 years since the pitter-patter of glitterati high-heels on the hotel's floors was replaced by the thud of soldiers' combat boots. Aging grand hotel highlights the ethnic division in Cyprus 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Russell “was throwing a lot of pitter-patter jabs to keep me at bay,” Diaz said. Gary Russell Jr. defends WBC featherweight title with unanimous decision 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Referencing Dec's wife's pregnancy, Merchant looked forward to "the pitter-patter of tiny feet. It'll be you coming to the door." Five takeaways from Dec's night without Ant 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z It becomes part of their regular pitter-patter on the stump and often ends up as a line in just about every newspaper biography. Analysis | Kevin McCarthy’s stint as a small-business entrepreneur 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z This combination was reunited because of stagnant offense rather than the pitter-patter of hearts. Alexander Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom reunited on Capitals’ top line 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Any parents of young children - or anyone thinking of hearing the pitter-patter of little feet - are urged to go to their local movie theater and see “The Glass Castle.” Review: Love _ somehow _ shines through ‘The Glass Castle’ 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z This image, definitive proof of the first pitter-patter of tiger cubs in the Priamur in decades, caused celebration across the conservation community. A Cinderella Story for Global Tiger Day 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The “arts community” has its pitter-patter down pat. Opinion | Abolish the National Endowment for the Arts 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z That same Sunday, two small voices could be heard over the pitter-patter of tiny footsteps. It’s All Smiles at Sorriso Italian Market in Queens 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z After miles of rousing spectator support, there is nobody around now, only the pitter-patter of our fellow marathoners’ footsteps. Diary of a New York City Marathon, Now With a Finishing Kick 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Tell that to the pitter-patter currently spitting up all over the cracked asphalt in the San Gabriel Mountains outside of Los Angeles. The Porsche 911, reimagined 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Clumps of gum fell with a soft pitter-patter like rain. A generation of memories steam-cleaned off Seattle's Gum Wall 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z "We hope to have another girl in the group within the next 12 months and hear the pitter-patter of baby giraffe hoofs in the near future," Mr Lemon said. Asali the giraffe goes 'home alone' across the Outback - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z We still hope for the pitter-patter splash of little flippers, but for now the waiting game continues. No Motherhood Yet for 100-Year-Old Turtle 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z “I’m lumbering after it, and I hear the pitter-patter of little feet. I said, ‘Forget it, kid. Ohio couple mixes love of baseball, travel on ballpark trips 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Beyond the constant pitter-patter of meteorite strikes on its surface the modern Moon is thought to be geologically dead. Making tracks 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Then there was the night he was strolling past a construction site near his apartment and heard the pitter-patter of little paws. Rangers Coach Alain Vigneault’s Patience Pays Off 2014-04-17T01:28:46Z Chester Zoo is celebrating the pitter-patter of tiny feet... and lots of them! Pictures: Capybara triplets born at Chester Zoo 2014-02-04T16:12:33Z If the pitter-patter of children’s feet — or the roar of a motorcycle engine — interrupts your long winter’s nap this evening, keep this lesson in mind: Noise is irritating, and even harmful in big doses. Is a ‘Silent Night’ possible? Not really. 2013-12-23T21:21:12Z As often happens I was soon joined by the pitter-patter of tiny feet — my own children echoing Link’s in the game. Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Garbs The Whole Family In Link-Green 2013-09-17T22:01:00Z The pitter-patter of updates, Emails and Tweets along with the hum of movies and video game entertainment keeps us happily on our toes. Video Game Offers Hope For Those Affected By Cancer 2013-07-15T15:52:00Z Telling another story to the reassuring pitter-patter of raining baseballs. This Land: A Baseball Lifer Adds Chapters, a Game at a Time 2013-06-25T16:38:40Z These days, we expect to hear the constant pitter-patter of our friends’ digital footprints. If You Stop Updating Facebook While Traveling, Your Loved Ones May Assume You're Dead 2013-03-07T21:58:15Z With Puntung apparently in her reproductive prime, and with a lone male called Tam in residence since 2008, there was hope that the pitter-patter of tiny rhino feet might soon follow. Endangered species: Sex and the single rhinoceros 2012-05-30T17:50:32.700Z We, the player, feel a little pitter-patter in the heart. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z But it's also a choice made the world over by yuppies who don't want their freedom and finances compromised by the pitter-patter of too many little feet. Commentary: How China Has Pruned Its Families' Trees 2010-07-08T09:30:00Z The pitter-patter of its feet on ply-board echoed through the wall. Andy Bull: Do cricketers need to be fat-free? 2010-04-20T11:54:00Z She had not gone far when she heard the pitter-patter of feet. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith A sort of steady pitter-patter, not the kind of a downpour that makes you hug shelter, but a splashy sort you long to run out in with your face turned up. Happy House The next moment the sight of little Jimmy Crow hopping after him made her heart go pitter-patter. Little Jack Rabbit's Adventures I do not think tyrants feel their hearts go pitter-patter, as mine did, both last night and this morning. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers It’s pitter-patter o’ little feet in the mud. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills Finally a shutter was pushed open very gently, and the four hearts went pitter-patter, anticipating the sight of a lovely young girl's face. A Portrait of Old George Town I was just starting to show him how I could whistle, and had done a bit, when we heard pitter-patter, pitter-patter, and the sound of flying padded feet over the stone Square. The Tale of Lal A Fantasy I'll do the correct thing of course, only I suppose it is not necessary for my heart to go pitter-patter over it. A Young Mutineer Mine heart went pitter-patter, as it always doth when I am summoned to her chamber. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers The Boer guns kept firing until out of range, and then there was a desultory pitter-patter of rifle fire at a sufficient distance to be completely ineffectual. Impressions of a War Correspondent The pitter-patter of the trotting horse, and the clatter of the wheels upon the flinty road, broke rudely upon the familiar little noises of the quiet summer morning. The Secret of the Storm Country There was stillness; no battery, however distant, no pitter-patter of rifle fire, no chattering report of the machine guns. The Dark Forest Cronk did not heed the pitter-patter of his mother's feet as she cleared the table, nor did he hear the droning of the twin's voices in the loft above. From the Valley of the Missing Oh, where do you come from, You little drops of rain, Pitter-patter, pitter-patter, Down the windowpane? The Beacon Second Reader "Oh, how you did frighten us!" exclaimed Arabella, whose heart was still going pitter-patter. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures And when the little drops pitter-patter on the window do you think they are playing with me? McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition AT length there was a pitter- patter, pitter-patter, and some bits of mortar fell from the wall above. A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories Once or twice I heard a faint pitter-patter like the feet of the dog going hither and thither on the sand far below me, and there were more birdlike sounds, but that was all. The War of the Worlds The rooms have stone floors and vaulted roofs, the children walk about with wooden shoes, and the pitter-patter makes a pleasant music. The Book of Delight and Other Papers But the pitter-patter of the rain, dripping on the bamboo tops and banana leaves, fell on her ear; and, as a fresh coolness penetrated the curtain, tears once more unconsciously trickled down her cheeks. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books The long easy swing became a terrific pitter-patter. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Jack a little later heard the cat-like steps of its mate leaving the place, until the pitter-patter died away in the distance. Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America It is a strange harmony, especially when the night is clear and there is a bright moon, and the heavy dew falling makes a pitter-patter on the leaves of the great forest trees. International Short Stories: French It was magnificent, the wild spirit and abandon of it, the flutter of the chequered galabeeahs, the gleam of steel, the wave of black arms, the frenzied faces, the quick pitter-patter of the rushing feet. The Green Flag The Seventeen Little Bears tiptoed very softly out of bed, and "pitter-patter, pitter-patter" went their little feet down the stairs. Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Then, with a swift pitter-patter, she ran back to the house. Little Sister Snow As I marched up the acclivity, whiz—piff—whir! came the balls over my head; and pitter-patter, pitter-patter! they fell on the body of the elephant like drops of rain. Burlesques As I marched up the acclivity, whizz—piff—whirr! came the balls over my head; and pitter-patter, pitter-patter! they fell on the body of the elephant like drops of rain. Adventures of Major Gahagan |
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