pit-a-pat
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Onomatopoeic, imitating the sound of a heartbeat.
مثال
- She could hear the pit-a-pat of her heart as she approached the stage.
- The doctor listened to the pit-a-pat of the patient's heart with a stethoscope.
- The suspense made her heart go pit-a-pat.
تعریف انگلیسی
adverb
- as of footsteps “he came running pit-a-pat down the hall”
- describing a rhythmic beating “his heart went pit-a-pat”