patとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English *patten, alteration (with loss of medial l) of platten, pletten (“to pat”), from 古期英語 plættan (“to buffet, strike, slap, smack, give a sounding blow”), from Proto-Germanic *plat- (“to strike, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *blod-, *bled- (“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Middle Dutch platten, pletten (“to strike, bruise, crush, rub”), German platzen (“to split, burst, break up”), Bavarian patzen (“to pat”), Swedish plätta, pjätta (“to pat, tap”). For loss of l, compare patch for platch; pate for plate, etc. See plat.

名詞

pat (複数形 pats)

1. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep

   We heard a pat on the door.

2. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands

   Give Mary a pat on the shoulder to get her attention.

3. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
   • 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 45, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:

     It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter.

派生語

動詞

pat (三人称単数 現在形 pats, 現在分詞 patting, 過去形および過去分詞形 patted)

1. To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.

   To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.

   • 1877, Anna Sewell, “Chapter 22”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC:

     He came round to each of us to pat and speak to us for the last time; his voice sounded very sad.

2. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat

   I patted the cookie dough into shape.

   • 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M. Hill Co., →OCLC:

     Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.

3. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) To stroke or fondle (an animal). Compare pet.

   Do you want to pat the cat?

4. To gently rain.

派生語

• pat down
• pat on the back (verb)

形容詞

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. Exactly suitable, fitting, apt; timely, convenient, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.

   a pat expression

   • 1788, William Cowper, Pity For Poor Africans 17–20:

     Your scruples and arguments bring to my mind a story so pat, you may think it is coin’d, on purpose to answer you, out of my mint; but, I can assure you, I saw it in print.

   • 1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way :

     Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”
     We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o’er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.

2. Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hackneyed

   • 2010 May 22, “Jobs and the Class of 2010”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The pat answer is that college students should consider graduate school as a way to delay a job search until things turn around, and that more high school students should go to college to improve their prospects.

   • 2021 July 14, A. A. Dowd, “Space Jam: A New Legacy is one big, witless commercial for Warner Bros properties”, in The A.V. Club‎^[2]:

     Space Jam: A New Legacy takes almost nothing but wrong turns, all leading to a glittering CGI trash heap of cameos, pat life lessons, and stale internet catchphrases.

   • 2021, Kate Crawford, chapter 2, in Atlas of AI […] , →ISBN:

     Pat responses from management seemed to be multiple variations on the theme of “We value your feedback.”

派生語

副詞

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     Now might I do it pat

2. Perfectly.

   He has the routine down pat.

   • 1922 September 22, “At the Wauwatosa Table”, in City Club News, volume viii, number 2, Milwaukee, page 7:

     Wauwa Pease says of the strategic position of the Pirates in the dining room: “They have taken the table near the upper doorway so they can make a speedy exit in case their lair is raided.” Of course, the Wauwas stand pat in the middle of the dining room, having nothing to fear.

   • 1962, Newsweek:

     Candidates in gubernatorial campaigns must stand pat in the middle, trying to push their rivals off the center line, charging the opponent with either left or right extremism.

   • 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa, A Month and a Day, page 112:

     In Ogoni[land], Shell locations lie pat in the middle of villages, in front and back gardens – and that should lay a particular responsibility on Shell to be absolutely cautious in its operations.

参考

名詞

pat (複数形 pats)

1. Clipping of patent.
2. (knitting) Clipping of pattern.
   • 2012, Kari Cornell, Knitting Sweaters from around the World, page 52:

     Work in pat to next underarm marker, sm, place next st on holder […]

Further reading

• “pat”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “pat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “pat”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

参考

アナグラム

• APT, ATP, PTA, TAP, TPA, ap't, apt, apt., tap

Latin

動詞

pāt

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of pāscō

語源 1

Originally probably imitative.

名詞

pat (複数形 pats)

1. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
2. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
3. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.

動詞

to pat (三人称単数 現在形 pats, 現在分詞 patting, 過去形および過去分詞形 patted)

1. To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.

   To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.

2. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat

   I patted the cookie dough into shape.

3. To gently rain.

形容詞

pat (not comparable)

1. trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality

   Your manager is not going to be satisfied with your pat ideas for the new project.

   • 2010, New York Times, Editorial: Jobs and the Class of 2010, May 23.

     The pat answer is that college students should consider graduate school as a way to delay a job search until things turn around, and that more high school students should go to college to improve their prospects.

2. timely and suitable

副詞

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. (obsolete) opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
   • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet III.iii

     Now might I do it pat

2. Perfectly.

   He has the routine down pat.

参考

語源 2

Abbreviation.

名詞

pat (複数形 pats)

1. patent

アナグラム

• APT, ap't, apt, apt., ATP, PTA, TAP, tap