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单词 rittle-rattle
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rittle-rattlen.int.

Brit. /ˈrɪtlˌratl/, U.S. /ˈrɪd(ə)lˌræd(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: rattle n.1
Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of rattle n.1
A. n.
A (child's) rattle. Obsolete.Apparently only in the work of Arthur Golding.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > rattles or whirrers > [noun]
hurr1483
hurre-bone1483
rattle1519
rittle-rattle1567
clickets1611
bummer1821
bullroarer1848
thunderer1860
whizzer188.
tick-tack1884
whizzing-stick1890
whizzing-blade1905
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) ix. f. 121v Attendant on her [sc. Isis] were..Lybian wormes whose stinging dooth enforce continuall sleepe,..and Rittlerattles [L. sistra] eke.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lxxxiv. 517 Who think to dally with God, and would giue him rittlerattles to play with as if hee were a babe.
B. int.
Representing a rattling sound. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rattling
brattle?a1513
rattle?a1513
brittle-brattle1535
rattling1555
rottle1680
brattling1771
tirl1808
rittle-rattle1837
rickle1867
1837 Heath's Bk. of Beauty 246 See there, how he handles the dice! Rittle, rattle! the pigeon is plucked in a trice.
1893 M. A. Owen Voodoo Tales x. 146 An 'long de aige ob de lane go, ‘rittle-rattle, rittle-rattle’ in de win', lak de bones ob er las' Crismus tucky.
2003 L. Calderwood Cracked iv. 59 Scritch-scratch. Rittle-rattle. ‘In there, in there, I heard it!’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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