单词 | rattle |
释义 | Word Frequency rattle 1(ˈrætəl) verb 1. to make or cause to make a rapid succession of short sharp sounds, as of loose pellets colliding when shaken in a container 2. to shake or cause to shake with such a sound the explosion rattled the windows 3. to send, move, drive, etc, with such a sound the car rattled along the country road 4. (intransitive; foll by on) to chatter idly; talk, esp at length he rattled on about his work 5. (tr; foll by off, out, etc) to recite perfunctorily or rapidly 6. (transitive) informal to disconcert; make frightened or anxious noun 7. a rapid succession of short sharp sounds 8. an object, esp a baby's toy, filled with small pellets that rattle when shaken 9. a series of loosely connected horny segments on the tail of a rattlesnake, vibrated to produce a rattling sound 10. any of various European scrophulariaceous plants having a capsule in which the seeds rattle, such as Pedicularis palustris (red rattle) and Rhinanthus minor (yellow rattle) 11. idle chatter 12. an idle chatterer 13. medicine another name for rale Word origin C14: from Middle Dutch ratelen; related to Middle High German razzen, of imitative originWord Frequency rattle 2(ˈrætəl) verb (transitive; often foll by down) to fit (a vessel or its rigging) with ratlines Word origin C18: back formation from rattling, variant of ratlineWord Frequency Rattle(ˈrætəl) noun Sir Simon. born 1955, English conductor. Principal conductor (1980–91) and music director (1991–98) of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (2002–18); music director of the London Symphony Orchestra from 2017 |
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