rattle

rattle

英 ['ræt(ə)l]
　　美 ['rætl]

vt. 使發出咯咯聲；喋喋不休；使慌亂，使驚慌
　　vi. 喋喋不休地講話；發出卡嗒卡嗒聲
　　n. 喋喋不休的人；嚇吱聲，格格聲
　　n. (Rattle)人名；(英)拉特爾

中文詞源：

rattle 吧嗒響

擬聲詞，-le,表反復。

例句：

1. The baby, dressed in a flowery jumpsuit, waved her rattle.
寶寶穿著印花的連身衣，揮動著她手中的撥浪鼓。

2. His rhetoric sounds like the death rattle of a fading leadership.
他的慷慨陳詞聽起來像是一個衰落的領導層垂死的掙紮。

3. She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear dishes rattle.
她把廚房門重重地關上，我甚至聽到瞭碟子的震顫聲。

4. If he's trying to rattle your cage, it's working.
如果他存心要讓你不得安寧的話，那他是得逞瞭。

5. There was a rattle of rifle-fire.
傳來一陣步槍發出的嗒嗒聲。