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pit-a-patBrE /ˌpɪt ə ˈpæt/ NAmE /ˌpɪt ə ˈpæt/ (also ˈpitter-patter ) adverb with quick light steps or beats 扑扑的响声；噼啪声；哒哒声◆ Her heart went pit -a -pat . 她心里扑扑直跳。▸ pit-a-pat (also ˈpitter-patter ) noun [sing. ]◆ I could hear the pit -a -pat of feet in the corridor . 我能听见走廊上啪哒啪哒的脚步声。Reduplicative wordsairy-fairy,argy-bargy,chit-chat,criss-cross,dilly-dally,harum-scarum,helter-skelter,higgledy-piggledy,hocus-pocus,hoity-toity,hotchpotch,hurly-burly,itty-bitty,mumbo jumbo,mishmash,nitty-gritty,ping-pong,pitter-patter,shilly-shally,teeny-weeny,tittle-tattle,touchy-feely,wishy-washy |