单词 | rattle |
释义 | rattle /'raetl; 'raet|/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 15A, 2A, C] (cause to) make short, sharp sounds quickly, one after the other: (使)急速、连续地发出短促尖锐的声音; 发嘎嘎声: The wind ~d the windows. 风吹得窗子并嘎作响。 The windows were rattling in the wind. 或子在风中嘎嘎作响。 The hailstones ~d on the tin roof. 冰雹砰砰地落在洋铁皮屋顶上。 The old bus ~d along over the stony road. 那辆老爷公共汽车在石子路上嗫嘎地往前行驶。 2 [VP2C, 15B] ~ away; ~ sih off, talk, say or repeat (sth) quickly and in a thoughtless or lively way: 疾速而不加思索地谈,说或重述(某事物); 喋喋而言: The boy ~d off the poem he had learnt. 那男孩将他学到的那首诗背得滚瓜烂熟。 The children ~d away merrily. 这些孩子愉快地喋喋不休地说话。 n 1 [U] rattling sound: 嘎嘎声; 喋喋声: the ~ of bottles from a milkman's van; 送牛奶者的货车里发出的奶瓶碰击声; the ~ of hail on the window-panes. 冰雹打在玻璃窗上的砰砰声。 2 [C] baby's toy for producing a rattling sound; similar device whirled (eg by spectators at a football match) to make a noisy clatter. 拨浪鼓(能发出嘎嘎声的玩具); 发出嘎嘎声的手摇物(如足球观众所持者)。 3 [U] lively flow of talk; chatter. 喋喋不休的谈话; 饶舌。 4 [C] series of horny rings in a ~ snake's tail. (GM 蛇尾部的) 一列响环。 '~-snake n poisonous American snake that makes a rattling noise with its tail. 响尾蛇(美洲产的一种毒蛇,其尾常发出声响)。→ the illus at snake. 参看 snake 之插图。 5 (death-) ~, rattling sound sometimes produced in the throat immediately before death. 死前喉间有时发出的咯咯声。 6 ' ~-brain, '~-pate n person with an emptv head; silly chatterer. 没有思想的蠢人; 愚蠢而父唠叨的人。 Hence, 由此产生, '~-brained,' ~-pa ted adj rattler /'rserls(r); 'raetlw/ n person or thing that ~s, esp a 二 snake. 发出嘎嘎、喋喋等声的人或物; (尤指)响尾蛇。 rattling /'raetliq; 'raetlxij/ adj (sl) quick(-moving); first-rate; excellent: (俚) (行动)很快的; 第一流的; 卓越的: travelling at a rattling 以极快速度旅行; a rattling breeze; 飒飒之微风; have a rattling (= enjoyable) time. 度过一段非常愉快的时光。 adv (sl) very: (俚)非常: a rattling good speech. 一篇极好的演说。 |
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