- 1發出喀啦聲、格格作響；（嬰兒玩具）搖鈴；（比喻）使人心慌、動搖
To rattle means to make a series of quick, short knocking or clattering sounds, like something loose shaking. As a noun, a rattle is also a baby's toy that makes this sound when shaken. Figuratively, 'to rattle someone' means to make them nervous or shake their confidence, often unexpectedly.
From the word’s history
From Middle English ratelen, of uncertain origin; perhaps from Middle Dutch ratelen or native, ultimately imitative.
源自中古英文 ratelen，來源不明，可能是擬聲字。
原始詞典資料20 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
rattleverb詞源 1/ˈɹæ.təl/
- 1
To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
- to rattle a chain
- Rattle the can of cat treats if you need to find Fluffy.
- 2
informalTo scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
- “Tut!” said old Bittlesham. “Tut is right”, I agreed. Then the rumminess of the thing struck me. “But if you haven’t dropped a parcel over the race,” I said, “why are you looking so rattled?”
- That United were rattled, mentally as well as at times physically – legitimately so – was beyond question. Nick Powell clipped a crisp drive a foot over the bar, but otherwise Milton Keynes had the best of the remainder of the first half.
- 3
To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
- I wish the dashboard in my car would quit rattling.
- 4
obsoleteTo assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
- Sound but another [drum], and another shall / As loud as thine rattle the welkin’s ear.
- 5
obsoleteTo scold; to rail at.
- This came to the Bishop's Ear, who presently sent for the Curate, Rattled him to some Tune, with Menaces to the Highest Degree
- 6
To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
- We rattled along for a couple of miles.
- 7
To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away.
- She rattled on for an hour.
- 8
slangTo experience withdrawal from drugs.
rattlenoun詞源 1/ˈɹæ.təl/
- 1
Object that rattles.
- 2
Object that rattles.
- Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
- 3
entertainmentlifestylemusicObject that rattles.
- The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other.
- 4
Object that rattles.
- [T]he footpath to Hendon went across hay and corn fields and in summer the sound of rattles used by boys hired to "fray" the birds from the crops was familiar.
- 5
biologynatural-scienceszoologyObject that rattles.
- The rattle of the rattlesnake is composed of the hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off, and modified in form so as to make a series of loose, hollow joints.
- The majority of snakes were killed on the spot, as a snaker only had to produce the rattles to collect the bounty.
- 6
Rattling sound.
- I wish they would fix the rattle under my dashboard.
- The rattle of a drum.
- 7
archaicRattling sound.
- All this adoe about the golden age is but an empty rattle and frivolous conceipt.
- 8
archaicRattling sound.
- “And pray where, Lady Honoria,” cried Mrs. Delvile, “do you contrive to pick up all this rattle?”
另外 3 個記錄的用法
- 9
Rattling sound.
- ‘Sir James is a young Man of an amiable disposition, and excellent character;—a little too much of the Rattle perhaps, but a year or two will rectify that […].’
- It may seem strange that a man who wrote with so much perspicuity, vivacity, and grace, should have been, whenever he took a part in conversation, an empty, noisy, blundering rattle.
- 10
obsoleteRattling sound.
- 11
Rattling sound.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- rottol
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