| 单词 | rattle |
| 释义 | rattle (rætəl ) Word forms: rattles , rattling , rattled 1. verb When something rattles or when you rattle it, it makes short sharp knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard. She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear dishes rattle. [VERB] He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary. [VERB noun] The truck pulled away, and she listened to the rattling noises fade down the lane. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: shake, jiggle, jolt, vibrate Rattle is also a noun. There was a rattle of rifle-fire. [+ of] rattling singular noun At that moment, there was a rattling at the door. 2. countable noun A rattle is a baby's toy with loose bits inside which make a noise when the baby shakes it. 3. countable noun A rattle is a wooden instrument that people shake to make a loud knocking noise at football matches or tribal ceremonies. 4. countable noun A rattlesnake's rattle is the hard part at the end of its tail which makes a rattling sound when it is shaken. 5. verb If something or someone rattles you, they make you nervous. The bust-up clearly rattled him. [VERB noun] She refused to be rattled by his £3,000-a-day lawyer. [be VERB-ed + by] Synonyms: fluster, shake, upset, frighten rattled adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] He swore in Spanish, another indication that he was rattled. 6. verb You can say that a bus, train, or car rattles somewhere when it moves noisily from one place to another. The bus from Odense rattled into a dusty village called Pozo Almonte. [VERB preposition/adverb] Somewhere close at hand a train rattled by. [VERB preposition/adverb] Phrasal verbs: rattle around phrasal verb If you say that someone rattles around in a room or other space, you mean that the space is too large for them. We don't want to move, but we're rattling around in our large house. [V P + in] rattle off phrasal verb If you rattle off something, you say it or do it very quickly and without much effort. Asked what English he knew, Mr Semko rattled off 'One, two, three'. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] I started writing a blog on the season and, within two days, I had rattled off 10,000 words. [VERB PARTICLE noun] rattle on phrasal verb When you say that someone rattles on about something, you mean that they talk about it for a long time in a way that annoys you. [disapproval] My mother rattled on and on about what I must wear, how I must act, who I must invite. [V P about n] Niccolini rattled on, emphasizing his remarks with one hand and steering with the other. [VERB PARTICLE] rattle through phrasal verb If you rattle through something, you deal with it quickly in order to finish it. [mainly British] She rattled through a translation from Virgil's Aeneid. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Idioms: rattle someone's cage to do or say something that upsets or annoys someone I don't rattle their cages and they don't rattle mine. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: rattle along More than 30 years later, 140 of the 165 originally built still rattle along the north's tracks. Times, Sunday Times You rattle along, running over crabs and seagulls, and leaping gaps, in a bid to reach the next checkpoint. The Sun We rattle along at a very steady average of 3.4 tries a game in the early rounds. Times, Sunday Times In the old town, horse-drawn buggies rattle along narrow cobbled streets, and bougainvillea spills from carved wooden balconies. Times, Sunday Times I work in a profession where they are not exactly unknown, but we tend to rattle along with them on board. Times, Sunday Times Its canal (some 135 miles long) seems somnolently unconcerned as my train rattles across on the approach to one of the stations that remain. Times, Sunday Times That was hours ago now and still the train rattles onwards through the night. Times, Sunday Times The cherry-red train rattles along, stopping intermittently at the burnt-out ruins of small grey-stone stations. Times, Sunday Times A train rattles by at the end of the garden. Times, Sunday Times As a passenger train rattles past the square, four- storey building, he leaps up and waves energetically in the train's direction. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 咔吱声, 发出嘎嘎声 Japanese: ガラガラいう音, ガタガタ鳴らせる/ガタガタ鳴る |
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