单词 | rustle |
释义 | rus·tle I. intransitive verb 1. a. < the piny needles rustled down — Zane Grey > < their footsteps rustled in the fallen golden leaves — Anne D. Sedgwick > < the audience rustles in anticipation — Alfred Bester > b. < heard his wife rustle > 2. a. < the only thing to do is to rustle around — C.G.Poore > < as the jobs began to get scarce, he began to rustle harder — F.B.Gipson > b. < he wanted longhorns … they could rustle for themselves, fatten, and make a man money — F.B.Gipson > 3. transitive verb 1. < rustled the papers nervously > 2. a. < took over all household chores, cleaning and cooking, rustling firewood — Bill Wolf > < rustle some dinner together — J.B.Benefield > b. < cows … died of starvation because they didn't know how to rustle a living in among the cactus — Paul Schubert > 3. < they caught him rustling cattle and hung him > II. 1. < a rustle of a window shade — R.P.Warren > < the sharp hiss and rustle of the wind — John Muir †1914 > < heard the rustle of a newspaper — Lyle Saxon > < listened to the rustle of her skirts — Gilbert Parker > 2. |
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