| 单词 | clatter |
| 释义 | clatter —clatterer, n. —clatteringly, adv. —clattery, adj. /klat"euhr/, v.i. 1. to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind. 2. to move rapidly with such a sound: The iron-wheeled cart clattered down the street. 3. to talk fast and noisily; chatter: They clattered on and on about their children. v.t. 4. to cause to clatter: clattering the pots and pans in the sink. n. 5. a rattling noise or series of rattling noises: The stagecoach made a terrible clatter going over the wooden bridge. 6. noisy disturbance; din; racket. 7. noisy talk; din of voices: They had to shout over the clatter at the cocktail party. 8. idle talk; gossip. [bef. 1050; ME clateren, OE clatr- (in clatrunge); c. D klateren to rattle; see -ER6] |
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