pat someone on the back
collocation轻拍某人的后背（表示鼓励或称赞）
The coach patted the player on the back after the game.
比赛结束后，教练轻拍队员的后背以示鼓励。
轻拍；轻抚
pats — third person singular of pat
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轻拍；轻抚
To gently tap someone or something with the flat of your hand.
She gently patted the dog on the head.
她轻轻地拍了拍狗的头。
用手掌轻轻拍打某人或某物
To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
用手掌轻轻反复拍打使其平滑或平整
To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
轻轻地下雨
To gently rain.
亲昵或戏弄地轻拍或挤压(尤指下巴)
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
pat
Base
原形
pats
3rd person
第三人称单数
patting
-ing
现在分词
patted
Past
过去式
patted
Past participle
过去分词
She pats the dog gently.
她轻轻地拍着狗。
He patted my shoulder.
他拍了拍我的肩膀。
They are patting the cat.
他们正在拍猫。
规则动词，变位时双写t加ed。
The mother pats her baby's back to help him burp.
妈妈轻拍宝宝的背帮助他打嗝。
He was patting his friend's shoulder encouragingly.
他鼓励地轻拍着朋友的肩膀。
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轻拍某人的后背（表示鼓励或称赞）
The coach patted the player on the back after the game.
比赛结束后，教练轻拍队员的后背以示鼓励。
把面团拍平
Pat the dough flat with your fingers.
用手指把面团拍平。
雨点轻轻拍打窗户
I love the sound of rain patting on my window at night.
我喜欢夜里雨点拍打窗户的声音。
轻拍某人的下巴（表示亲昵或戏弄）
She patted the baby's chin and laughed.
她轻拍婴儿的下巴，笑了。
（用手掌轻拍某人背部）表示称赞、鼓励
The manager patted her on the back for completing the report on time.
经理轻拍她的背，表扬她按时完成了报告。
自我表扬，自我祝贺
After passing the exam, I patted myself on the back for all the hard work.
通过考试后，我为自己付出的努力而自我祝贺。
拍拍蛋糕，拍拍蛋糕，面包师先生。
The first line of the classic English nursery rhyme 'Pat-a-Cake', sung while clapping a baby's hands.
经典英语童谣《拍蛋糕》的第一句，边拍宝宝的手边唱。
现在你来拍拍小兔子。
A famous line from Dorothy Kunhardt's 1940 touch-and-feel children's book 'Pat the Bunny'.
出自多萝西·孔哈特1940年出版的触摸感知儿童绘本《拍拍小兔子》。
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pat 的 p 像一只手掌，at 表示“在……上”，想象手掌轻轻拍在对方身上，就是“轻拍”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面叙述 pat 作动词表示“用手掌轻拍”时，语气中性，没有明显的正式或随意倾向；通常用于日常交谈和书面描写中，搭配身体部位或物品都很自然。
These words all end in -at and rhyme with pat: cat, hat, mat, bat, rat, sat. Be careful: put and pet look similar but are pronounced /pʊt/ and /pet/, so they do not rhyme with pat.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.