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?”

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