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词汇 rattle
释义 rattle
noun
uk /ˈræt.əl/ us /ˈræt̬.əl/
[ S ]
a sound similar to a series of quickly repeated knocks: (连续重复的)嗒嗒声,嘎嘎声;连续短促的碰撞声
rattle ofFrom across the town came the rattle of machine-gun fire.从城镇的另一边传来机关枪开火的嗒嗒声。
[ C ]
a toy that makes a noise like a series of knocks: (玩具)拨浪鼓
The baby was waving around a plastic rattle.婴儿正挥舞着一个塑料拨浪鼓。
 
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[ C ]
a wooden device that when turned round and round produces a noise like a series of knocks(转动时发出嗒嗒声的木制)响板
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[ C ]
the part of a rattlesnake's tail that produces a noise(响尾蛇尾部的)角质环
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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bang around
bleep
boop
choo-choo
chuff
clap along
click away
crunch
honk
peal
resonance
rumble
spit
squeak
susurrus
swoosh
thrum
thunk
tick-tock
ticking

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rattle
verb
uk /ˈræt.əl/ us /ˈræt̬.əl/

rattleverb (WORRY)


[ T ]
to worry someone or make someone nervous: 烦扰;使慌乱;使紧张
The creaking upstairs was starting to rattle me.楼上发出的吱嘎声使我开始紧张不安起来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Causing anxiety and worry
agitate
alarming
alarmingly
bite
catch up with someone
come back to bite someoneidiom
disturb
dread
frighten
frighten someone/something away/off
get/go beyond a jokeidiom
give someone the jimjamsidiom
give someone the jittersidiom
oppressive
roost
stressful
stressfully
suspenseful
suspensefully
suspensive

rattleverb (SOUND)


[ I or T ]
to (cause something to) make a noise like a series of knocks: (使)发出尖厉的敲击声;(使)发出嘎嘎声
The explosion rattled the cups on the table.爆炸将桌上的杯子震得叮当作响。
The dying man's voice rattled in his throat.那个垂死者的喉咙里发出阵阵急促的声音。
[ + adv/prep ]The car rattled over the cobblestones.汽车在鹅卵石路上哐啷哐啷颠簸着前进。
My car engine is making a strange rattling noise.我的汽车引擎发出一种奇怪的嗒嗒声。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
bang around
bleep
boop
choo-choo
chuff
clap along
click away
crunch
honk
peal
resonance
rumble
spit
squeak
susurrus
swoosh
thrum
thunk
tick-tock
ticking

Idiom


rattle someone's cage

Phrasal verbs


rattle something off
rattle on/away
rattle through something

rattle | American Dictionary


rattle
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈræt̬·əl/
to make a noise consisting of quickly repeated knocks:
[ I ]The windows rattled when the wind blew.
[ T ]Manny slammed the door, rattling the cups on the shelf.

Phrasal verb


rattle off something
rattle
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈræt̬·əl/
a noise consisting of quickly repeated knocks:
[ U ]We could hear the rattle of stones as they fell down the well.
A rattle is also a baby’s toy that rattles when it is shaken.

Examples of rattle


rattle
He rattles through an enormous number of detailed points, exuding good humour and amiability all the way round.
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All right, let us stop the sabre rattling and have one.
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Neither doctor told her to breathe more quietly: there was no noisy rattling.
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He rattled off a lot of very convincing statistics to put me in my place.
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He sees the raising of money as nurses rattling tin cans on street corners.
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Indeed, we had to listen intently because he rattled it off at 250 words a minute.
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We heard him rattling through the personality questions.
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You cannot play at rattling the sabre without it coming out of the scabbard sooner or later.
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We hate to come here rattling a begging bowl.
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He rattles off figures about how estimates have been exceeded, and we all shake our heads.
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Many people will get hurt when that cart rattles down the hill.
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No wonder that sort of thing rattles markets.
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The tax yield from teething rattles is not separately recorded.
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I am pleased that common sense will prevail over ideological sabre rattling.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
They represent a better solution than sabre rattling.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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