单词	rattle
释义	verb | noun rattlerattle1 /ˈræt̮l/ ●●○ verb Etymology ETYMOLOGYrattle1 Origin: 1300-1400 Probably from Middle Low German ratelen Verb Table VERB TABLE rattle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they rattle he, she, it rattles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they rattled Present perfect I, you, we, they have rattled he, she, it has rattled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had rattled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will rattle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have rattled Continuous Form Present I am rattling he, she, it is rattling you, we, they are rattling Past I, he, she, it was rattling you, we, they were rattling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been rattling he, she, it has been rattling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been rattling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be rattling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been rattling Collocations COLLOCATIONS► rattled nerves  News of the shoot-out rattled nerves in the community (=made people nervous). Thesaurus THESAURUSmove► shake to move up and down or from side to side with quick repeated movements, or to make someone or something do this:  Shake the bottle well. His wife shook him awake. ► vibrate to shake continuously with small fast movements:  The music was so loud that the whole room vibrated. ► rattle to shake and make a noise:  The windows rattled in the wind. ► shudder to shake strongly for a short time. Used about machines and structures or buildings:  Cyrus braked, and the old truck shuddered to a stop. ► wobble to move or shake from side to side in an unsteady way:  The stack of books wobbled and fell. 1[intransitive, transitive] to shake, or make something shake, with quick repeated knocking sounds:  The wind was rattling the windows. Keys rattled in his pocket as he walked.► see thesaurus at shake12[intransitive always + adv./prep.] if a vehicle or the person in it or on it rattles somewhere, the vehicle moves along making a rattling noise: rattle along/past/over etc. An old truck rattled past.3[transitive] informal to make someone lose confidence or become nervous:  Nothing rattles him. News of the shoot-out rattled nerves in the community (=made people nervous).4rattle somebody’s cage spoken humorous to make someone feel angry or annoyed → see also saber-rattlingrattle around phrasal verb1to move around in an empty space, making a rattling noise:  The ball is filled with tiny stones that rattle around inside.2to live in a house or building that is too big for you or seems empty:  Dad and I rattled around in the house after Mom died.rattle something ↔ off phrasal verb to say something quickly and easily, from memory:  Mark rattled off the list of movies he’d seen.rattle on phrasal verb informal to talk quickly for a long time, about things that are not interesting: rattle on about Deanna rattled on about her boyfriend. verb | noun rattlerattle2 noun 1 [singular] the sound that you hear when the parts of something knock against each other: rattle of the rattle of chains2[countable] a baby’s toy that makes a noise when it is shaken3[countable] a wooden or plastic instrument that makes a loud knocking noise, used by people on New Year’s Eve and at parties → see also death rattle
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