| 单词 | rustle |
| 释义 | rustle (once / 438 pages) 1vn 2v A rustle can be the dry sounds made by papers rubbing together or leaves crackling. It can also be the act of searching, stealing, finding food, or making rustle sounds. Rustle has a whole lotta meanings! Walking home late at night, you hear a rustle behind you. Maybe it’s just leaves, but you’re spooked, so you rustle around in your knapsack, searching for a weapon. You turn, and it’s just a hungry friend, so you bring him home and rustle up some food from your cupboards. As your friend leaves, he rustles all your cows and takes them away. WORD FAMILYrustle: rustled, rustler, rustles, rustling+/rustler: rustlers/rustling: rustlingly, rustlings USAGE EXAMPLESA gentle breeze rustled palm trees Wednesday as the president’s motorcade traveled from his Kailua vacation home to a nearby Marine Corps base gym. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) Only occasionally do they pause, perhaps hearing a light rustle on the fallen leaves or glimpsing something scampering among the dark green foliage. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) But the 43-year-old challenger is still trying to rustle up support ahead of the morning vote. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) 1 1v make a dry crackling sound rustling silk the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze Hyper go, sound make a certain noise or sound 2n a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind 2Syn|Hyper rustling, whisper, whispering noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) 1v forage food Hyper forage, scrounge collect or look around for (food) 2v take illegally rustle cattle Syn|Hyper lift steal take without the owner's consent |
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