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单词 brittle-brattle
释义

brittle-brattlen.

Forms: 1800s brittle-brattle; Scottish pre-1700 brittill-brattill.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: brattle n.
Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of brattle n.
Obsolete. rare.
A sharp rattling sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rattling
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rattle?a1513
brittle-brattle1535
rattling1555
rottle1680
brattling1771
tirl1808
rittle-rattle1837
rickle1867
1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 621 Quhill all the raipis beguith to rattil..Quhen all the sails playd brittill brattill.
1874 Appletons' Jrnl. 23 May 652/1 On a mild evening, the tree-toads open their brittle-brattle chorus on the edge of the pond.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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