释义 |
nattle, v. north. dial.|ˈnæt(ə)l| [Imitative.] intr. To make a light rattling, crackling, or tapping noise. Hence ˈnattling vbl. n.
1825Brockett N.C. Gloss. 1851Greenwell Coal-trade Terms, Northumb. & Durh. 37. 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss. s.v., Hark, how it nattles! 1866Mrs. E. Lynn Linton L. Lorton II. 9 A ghostly ‘nattling’ or tapping at the door. |