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A rustler is someone who steals farm animals — cattle, horses, or sheep — usually from open land. The word belongs first to the American West in stories and films: night raids, a herd driven off before morning, cowboys riding after them. Ranch country still uses it for real theft, but in most English it sounds a little like an old movie. The verb behind it is rustle, “to steal cattle”. Though actually, rustle also means the light dry sound of leaves or paper, and that everyday meaning is much more common. A rustler is almost never “a person who makes a rustling sound”; it is the thief. If you only know the sound-word, this noun will surprise you.
偷牛賊；盜牲畜的人（西部片裡常出現）
組成rustle + -er (a person who does that action).
同家族的字
- rustlethe verb: to steal cattle, or to make a soft dry sound
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
rustlernoun
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One who rustles; a cattle (or other livestock) thief.
- Two years have now passed since Hayward’s farm in north Wales was raided, leading to the loss of tens of thousands of bees. But the rustlers have continued to be active. Most recently they have targeted the property of one of her Anglesey neighbours, where around 40,000 bees were taken last month.
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A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances.
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datedslangAn alert, energetic, driving person.
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That which makes a rustling noise.
- Like this weekend, with moderate temperatures, the sky a bowl of blue, and the wind not a cold curse or a hot furnace, but a bit of a leaf-rustler, a cooling refreshment.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。