pats

英 [pæts]

美 [pæts]

n.  (友善的)轻拍，拍打; 一小块黄油
v.  (喜爱地)轻拍
pat的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 轻拍；轻敲
  If youpatsomething or someone, you tap them lightly, usually with your hand held flat.
  1. 'Don't you worry about any of this,' she said patting me on the knee...
     “这个你什么都不用担心，”她轻拍着我的膝盖说。
  2. The landlady patted her hair nervously...
     女房东焦虑地轻抚着她的头发。
  3. Wash the lettuce and pat it dry.
     把莴苣洗一下拍干。
  4. Patis also a noun.
     
  5. He gave her an encouraging pat on the shoulder.
     他轻轻地拍了一下她的肩膀表示鼓励。
• （黄油等的）小块
  Apat ofbutter or something else that is soft is a small lump of it.
• ADJ-GRADED 敷衍的；过于简单的
  If you say that an answer or explanation ispat, you disapprove of it because it is too simple and sounds as if it has been prepared in advance.
  1. There's no pat answer to that...
     那个问题不是随随便便就能回答的。
  2. Despite the film's merits I felt it was too pat.
     尽管那部电影不乏亮点，但我还是觉得它过于敷衍了事。
• PHRASE 赞许；表扬
  If you give someonea pat on the backor if youpatthemon the back, you show them that you think they have done well and deserve to be praised.
  1. The players deserve a pat on the back...
     球员们值得表扬。
  2. If you do something well, give yourself a pat on the back.
     事情做得漂亮时，给自己一点表扬。
• PHRASE 了如指掌；完全掌握
  If youhavean answer or explanationdown patoroff pat, you have prepared and learned it so you are ready to say it at any time.
  1. I have my story down pat...
     我对自己想好的说法已烂熟于心。
  2. He had his answer off pat.
     他对自己如何作答胸有成竹。
• PHRASE 固执己见
  If youstand pat, you refuse to change your mind about something.
  1. On the other side, the men stood pat and were unyielding...
     在另一方面，那些人固执己见，不肯让步。
  2. It makes it hard for the Fed to do anything but stand pat till the economy's direction becomes clearer.
     这让美联储几乎无计可施，在经济发展方向明朗之前只好硬挺着。

双语例句

• By this reasoning, freedom equals the pats of our nature not determined by our genes, a soft of flower that blooms after our genes have done their tyrannical worst.
  按照这样的逻辑，自由就等于我们的天性中不由基因决定的那些部分；是在我们的基因极尽专横跋扈之能事之后绽放的花朵。
• He pats her kindly on the shoulder.
  他和和气气地拍拍她肩膀。
• That is why some of the most valued pats on the back are those which come to us indirectly, in a letter or passed on by a friend.
  因此，一些宝贵的鼓励或赞扬通常是通过信件或是另一个朋友来间接转达。
• I had never seen butter in individual pats.
  我从没有见过一小块一小块的黄油。
• All the activities are shared among participants on a Facebook-like news feed, where teammates and rivals can comment, give verbal pats on the back, or urge each other on.
  通过一个类似于Facebook动态消息推送（newsfeed）的界面，参与者的所有相关活动都会彼此分享，团队成员或竞争对手可以发表评论、给予口头表扬或者互相督促。
• Any of various brown and yellow finches of pats of Europe.
  欧洲多种褐黄色的雀鸟。
• Developers and management alike are exchanging bold NFL-style pats on the backside when they learn that a few particularly well-tested classes have coverage rates in the high90s!
  开发人员和管理人员们了解到一些经过良好测试的类可以达到超过90%的覆盖率，正在高兴地互换着NFL风格的点心。
• He says hello. He pats my head.
  他会说你好，他会轻拍的我头。
• Nonetheless, there is plenty of evidence that, without daily or weekly conversations about their work especially pats on the back for a job well done your best people are likely to quit.
  尽管如此，依然有足够的证据表明，如果没有每日或每周的工作谈话，特别是对良好表现的赞许，公司的最佳员工就可能会辞职。
• The mother duck pats him on the head.
  母鸭轻拍着他的头。