| 单词 | rattle |
| 释义 | rattle rattle1 /rat"l/, v. , rattled, rattling, n. v.i. 1. to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames. 2. to move or go, esp. rapidly, with such sounds: The car rattled along the highway. 3. to talk rapidly; chatter: He rattled on for an hour about his ailments. v.t. 4. to cause to rattle: He rattled the doorknob violently. 5. to drive, send, bring, etc., esp. rapidly, with rattling sounds: The wind rattled the metal can across the roadway. 6. to utter or perform in a rapid or lively manner: to rattle off a list of complaints. 7. to disconcert or confuse (a person): A sudden noise rattled the speaker. 8. Hunting. to stir up (a cover). n. 9. a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies. 10. an instrument contrived to make a rattling sound, esp. a baby's toy filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken. 11. the series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail of a rattlesnake, with which it produces a rattling sound. 12. a rattling sound in the throat, as the death rattle. [1250-1300; ME ratelen (v.), ratele (n.) (c. D ratelen, G rasseln); imit.] Syn. 1. clatter, knock. 7. discompose. 9. clatter. rattle2 /rat"l/, v.t., rattled, rattling. Naut. to furnish with ratlines (usually fol. by down). [1720-30; back formation from ratling RATLINE (taken as verbal n.)] |
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