单词 | rustly |
释义 | rustlyadj. rare before mid 19th cent. That rustles or causes a rustling sound to be produced; of the nature of or characterized by such a sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > rustling rustly1513 rustling1565 whistering1586 rustled1820 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. i. 75 Russly reidis dekis weill hys haris. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1815) 105 No rustly breezes wav'd the verdant shade. 1792 Elizabeth Percy II. iii. 61 The rustly stubble gives the fear'd alarm. 1864 A. Beale Nothing Venture Nothing Have III. iii. 31 They walked through the brown, yellow, rustly, crisp leaves that had fallen from the trees. 1886 E. Randolph Mostly Fools II. xi. 295 She was very red, very rustly, very strainy in the seams. 1959 N.Z. Listener 13 Mar. 5/4 I always wrapped my sandwiches in cloth rather than rustly paper. 1994 D. Crombie All shall be Well vi. 70 He walks up and down the rows, making a dry-leaf rustly noise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1513 |
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