Rattle

(noun.) loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail.

(noun.) a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken.

(noun.) a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); 'the death rattle'.

(verb.) shake and cause to make a rattling noise.

(verb.) make short successive sounds.

休整理

• It comes this way--comes very faSt. How loud sounds its rattle on the paved path! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Hears his number called, hears himself challenged, hears the rattle of the muskets, hears the orders 'Make ready! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• We had hardly time to take our place behind a pile of luggage when it passed with a rattle and a roar, beating a blast of hot air into our faces. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• What a rattle I am! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• We both went flat and with the flash and bump of the burst and the smell heard the singing off of the fragments and the rattle of falling brick. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Drive slowly anywhere,' Mrs Lammle called to her coachman, 'and don't let the carriage rattle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The spinster aunt trembled, till some pebbles which had accidentally found their way into the large watering-pot shook like an infant's rattle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It was a loud report and echoed and rattled heavily. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It was a smart little landau which rattled up to the door of Briony Lodge. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• And he sat down to the piano, and rattled a lively piece of music. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• What time, the mail-coach lumbered, jolted, rattled, and bumped upon its tedious way, with its three fellow-inscrutables inside. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• At the same instant an empty dog-cart, the horse cantering, the reins trailing, appeared round the curve of the road and rattled swiftly towards us. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Again there was a loud laugh, the most startling of which was the Baronet's, which rattled out like a clatter of falling stones. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• While he excused himself, the old lady's cup rattled more and more. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I heard the mice too, rattling behind the panels, as if the same occurrence were important to their interests. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• What are you rattling in there? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• With these injunctions, he pushed the rattling door with his shoulder, and entered the house, followed by his companion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• And yet, I was perverse enough to feel a chill and disappointment in receiving no welcome, and rattling, alone and silent, through the misty streets. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And the wagon drove off, rattling and jolting over the frozen road. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• My wants were few and simple, so that in less than the time stated I was in a cab with my valise, rattling away to Paddington Station. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Tell him, when he theeth that gig clothe by, to jump down, and it'll take him off at a rattling pathe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He looks at them with an eager eye and rattles something in his pocket--halfpence perhaps. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He might add, And rattles like it, but he only mutters, I'm a-moving on, sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There were the conch shell trumpet, the stone, bone, wood and metal dance rattles, the beaks of birds, and the horns and teeth of beasts, for the same rattling purpose. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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