1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]CSOUND if leaves, papers, clothes etc rustle, or if you rustle them, they make a noise as they rub against each other (使)〔树叶、纸、衣物等〕沙沙作响
She moved nearer, her long silk skirt rustling around her.
rustle• They disappeared with only a rustle on the surface of the water.• a rustle of leaves• A rustle of interest ran around the classroom.• There was another rustle of branches as the buffalo ran off without so much as another snort.• Another rustle followed before a glossyblackbirdhopped out and made off towards the parkland.• Shop life: tinkle of money, rustle of notes, voices.• There was no sound in the libraryexcept for the occasionalrustle of papers.