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单词 rattler
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Definition of rattler in English:

rattler

noun ˈratləˈrætlə
  • 1A thing that rattles, especially an old or rickety vehicle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the old rattlers crawled into the station like a desert explorer desperately clawing his way towards an oasis.
    • She headed out the door, past the rattler, and up the driveway to lunch with her brother.
    • While brass bands welcomed the Hawks on to the ground, train drivers guiding their red rattlers past the railway wing would toot their horns in accompaniment.
    • The Scotrail rattler was full of malodorous delegates and there was no First Class and no dining car.
    • Bicycles are noiseless, unless they are rusty old rattlers like my last one, or the owner has an obsession with the bell, which does cover a lot of the cyclists in this fair city.
  • 2North American informal A rattlesnake.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had respect for them, even as he respected the grizzly and the rattlers that his trail crossed.
    • While we normally leave rattlers alone, this one had to go, which it did with a close range blast from my shotgun.
    • Climb higher up the point, watching for rattlers, and the line of rocks composes itself: a spiral coiling into the red lake water.
    • Already, it has spared hundreds of dogs and their owners from bad encounters with rattlers.
    • Most preposterous is the concept of rapid introgression of Mojave toxin genes from Mojave rattlers into timber rattlers.
    • What are some of the more interesting things you learned about rattlers that you didn't know before making this film?
    • Pit viper snake venoms are hemotoxic, except for some Mojave rattlers.
    • Timber rattlers are often observed in groups during and after gestation and also when shedding their skins.
    • In 1994 officials placed the timber rattler, one of the road's ‘commuters,’ on Illinois' threatened and endangered species list.
    • His other hand was no carved snake, it was a living rattler, moving as if on its own, tasting the air and searching for prey.
    • I've eaten rattlers, cottonmouths, copperheads - they all taste the same.
    • There are five species of poisonous snakes in the forest: the cottonmouth, coral snake, and three species of rattlers.
    • He nodded to Cathy and said, ‘Do be nice to them rattlers, and do feed them.’
    • Neighbors may include hawks, coyotes, or the occasional rattler.
    • Its only troublesome reptile, the rattler, stays away from the high ranges.
    • And look close before plopping down during the day; a rattler's diamondback coloration is grand camouflage.
    • Before you start sacking, make sure the rattlers are grouped together, but not tangled up.
    • As the search for effective antivenom goes on, the rattlers continue in their propensity for remaining placid until disturbed.
    • It had rained briefly that evening, a hard downpour that meant the rattlers would be out, having been flushed from their holes.
    • The name conjures images of coiled rattlers ready to lash out with deadly fangs.

Rhymes

battler, prattler, tattler
 
 

Definition of rattler in US English:

rattler

nounˈratləˈrætlə
North American informal
  • A rattlesnake.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And look close before plopping down during the day; a rattler's diamondback coloration is grand camouflage.
    • Before you start sacking, make sure the rattlers are grouped together, but not tangled up.
    • Timber rattlers are often observed in groups during and after gestation and also when shedding their skins.
    • His other hand was no carved snake, it was a living rattler, moving as if on its own, tasting the air and searching for prey.
    • In 1994 officials placed the timber rattler, one of the road's ‘commuters,’ on Illinois' threatened and endangered species list.
    • As the search for effective antivenom goes on, the rattlers continue in their propensity for remaining placid until disturbed.
    • What are some of the more interesting things you learned about rattlers that you didn't know before making this film?
    • While we normally leave rattlers alone, this one had to go, which it did with a close range blast from my shotgun.
    • I've eaten rattlers, cottonmouths, copperheads - they all taste the same.
    • Already, it has spared hundreds of dogs and their owners from bad encounters with rattlers.
    • He had respect for them, even as he respected the grizzly and the rattlers that his trail crossed.
    • Neighbors may include hawks, coyotes, or the occasional rattler.
    • Its only troublesome reptile, the rattler, stays away from the high ranges.
    • It had rained briefly that evening, a hard downpour that meant the rattlers would be out, having been flushed from their holes.
    • There are five species of poisonous snakes in the forest: the cottonmouth, coral snake, and three species of rattlers.
    • He nodded to Cathy and said, ‘Do be nice to them rattlers, and do feed them.’
    • Climb higher up the point, watching for rattlers, and the line of rocks composes itself: a spiral coiling into the red lake water.
    • Most preposterous is the concept of rapid introgression of Mojave toxin genes from Mojave rattlers into timber rattlers.
    • The name conjures images of coiled rattlers ready to lash out with deadly fangs.
    • Pit viper snake venoms are hemotoxic, except for some Mojave rattlers.
 
 
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