rattle

verb

🔊/ˈrætl/

(informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they rattle	🔊/ˈrætl/ 🔊/ˈrætl/
he / she / it rattles	🔊/ˈrætlz/ 🔊/ˈrætlz/
past simple rattled	🔊/ˈrætld/ 🔊/ˈrætld/
past participle rattled	🔊/ˈrætld/ 🔊/ˈrætld/
-ing form rattling	🔊/ˈrætlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈrætlɪŋ/

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[intransitive, transitive] rattle (something) to make a series of short loud sounds when shaking or hitting against something hard; to make something do this（使）发出咔嗒咔嗒的声音
- Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled.每次公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。🔊🔊
- He shook me so hard that my teeth rattled.他用力地摇了我一下，使我的牙齿嘎嘎作响。
- She stood there, rattling the collecting tin.她站在那儿，把存钱罐弄得咔咔作响。
[intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a vehicle车辆) to make a series of short loud sounds as it moves somewhere（运行时）发出连续短促的高声
- A convoy of trucks rattled by.卡车队隆隆驶过。🔊🔊
[transitive] rattle somebody to make somebody nervous or frightened使紧张；使恐惧 synonym unnerve
- He was clearly rattled by the question.这个问题显然令他感到紧张。🔊🔊
- Are you all right? You look a bit rattled.你没事儿吧？你看起来有些慌乱。
Topics Feelingsc2

noun

🔊/ˈrætl/

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(also rattling)
[usually singular] a series of short loud sounds made when hard objects hit against each other一连串短促尖厉的撞击声；咔嗒声
- the rattle of gunfire轰隆轰隆的炮火声
- From the kitchen came a rattling of cups and saucers.从厨房里传来叮叮当当杯盘相碰的声音。🔊🔊
see also death rattle
a baby’s toy that makes a series of short loud sounds when it is shaken拨浪鼓Topics Games and toysc2
a wooden object that is held in one hand and makes a series of short loud sounds when you turn it round, used, for example, by people watching a sports game 响板（在体育比赛等中观众用来助阵）

Word OriginMiddle English: related to Middle Dutch and Low German ratelen, of imitative origin.