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Pat Sense Patting Meaning Tap Attested Proper Short

正面 4581.pat
英 [pæt]美 [pæt]

背面
释义:
adj. 恰好的;熟练的;合适的adv. 恰好;熟记地n. 轻拍;小块;轻拍声vt. 轻拍vi. 轻拍n. (Pat)人名;(泰)巴
例句:
1. Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family.帕特是我们全家人的主心骨。

pat.............拍 他..................轻拍;抚摩=> 拍得恰到好处,正好拍到合适的位置。你比如说拍马屁,也有拍马屁拍得恰到好处之说。2. 即:恰好击中、拍中目标、标记的位置。
pat 轻拍,轻打,表扬可能来自拟声词,模仿轻拍的声音。引申词义鼓励,表扬。
pat (n.)c. 1400, "a blow, stroke," perhaps originally imitative of the sound of patting. Meaning "light tap with hand" is from c. 1804. Sense of "that which is formed by patting" (as in pat of butter) is 1754, probably from the verb. Pat on the back in the figurative sense attested by 1804.pat (adv.)"aptly, suitably, at the right time," 1570s, perhaps from pat (adj.) in sense of "that which hits the mark," a special use from pat (n.) in sense of "a hitting" of the mark. The modern adjective is 1630s, from the adverb.pat (v.)1560s, "to hit, throw;" meaning "to tap or strike lightly" is from 1714; from pat (n.). Related: Patted; patting. The nursery rhyme phrase pat-a-cake is known from 1823. Alternative patty-cake (usually American English) is attested from 1794 (in "Mother Goose's Melody, or Sonnets for the Cradle," Worcester, Mass.).Patas a fem. proper name, short for Patricia. As a masc. proper name, short for Patrick; hence a nickname for any Irishman."

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