| 单词 | death rattle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath rattle death rattle n. a gurgling sound sometimes heard in the throat of a dying person; also figurative; cf. death-ruckle n., death-ruttle n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > death throes > sound of death rattle1781 death-ruckle1815 death-ruttle1841 1781 J. Murray Welcome to Grave 59 Here the death-rattle stopped his speech. 1821 London Lit. Gaz. 13 Oct. 654/2 Averse as we are to the hysterics, convulsions, and death-rattles of modern competition on the stage, she wanted expression and feeling. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux III. vi. iv. 243 His lips quivered wildly—I heard the death-rattle. 1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 447/1 The increasingly audible death rattle of the Ku Klux Klan. 1998 C. Mims When we Die (1999) v. 112 The face twitches, breathing becomes difficult and a ‘death rattle’ is occasionally heard. 2008 Independent 8 Dec. 13 Summer's vogue for harlequin prints and Pierrot collars was the last death rattle of frippery. < as lemmas |
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