rat·tle1 /ˈrætl/ ●○○ verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SHAKE if you rattle something, or if it rattles, it shakes and makes a quick series of short sounds (使)咯吱作响 Dan banged on her door and rattled the handle. 丹砰砰地敲她的门,还把门把手拽得咯吱作响。
The window rattled in the wind. 窗户被风吹得咯吱作响。
Bottles rattled as he stacked the beer crates. 他把啤酒箱摞起来,酒瓶咣当咣当地响。
2 [intransitiveI]MOVE/CHANGE POSITION if a vehicle rattles somewhere, it travels there while making a rattling sound 〔车辆行进时〕嘎啦嘎啦地响rattle along/past/over etc The cart rattled along the stony road. 马车沿着碎石路嘎啦嘎啦往前走。
An old blue van rattled into view. 一辆蓝色旧货车咔嗒咔嗒地驶入我们的视线。
3 [transitiveT] informalFRIGHTENED to make someone lose confidence or become nervous 使慌乱,使紧张 His mocking smile rattled her more than his anger. 他那种嘲讽的微笑比他的愤怒更让她慌乱。
It was hard not to get rattled when the work piled up. 工作积了一大堆,哪能不着急呢。
His confidence was rattled by the accident. 这场事故动摇了他的自信。
4 rattle somebody’s cage spoken informalANGRYANNOY to annoy someone – used humorously 惹恼某人〔幽默用法〕 Who rattled your cage? 是谁惹你了?
rattle somebody’s cage• Who rattled your cage?
5 rattle around phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE BIGto live in a building that is much too big for you 居住〔在空荡荡的大房子里〕 in Dad and I rattled around miserably in the house after Mum died. 妈妈死后,我和爸爸住在这空荡荡的房子里,非常凄惨。
6 rattle something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v SAYto say several pieces of information or a list quickly and easily from memory 快速背诵;不假思索地说出 Chris rattled off some statistics about the teams. 克里斯脱口说出了那些球队的一些数据。
7 rattle on phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal SAYto talk quickly for a long time about boring things 喋喋不休地说 SYN go on about Nancy would rattle on for hours about her grandchildren. 南希会几个小时喋喋不休地讲她的孙子孙女。
8.rattle through something phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal FAST/QUICKto do something quickly because you want to finish it 迅速完成 9 rattle up something phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE if a sports player rattles up a number of points, they get that number of points very quickly 〔体育比赛中〕迅速得〔分〕 The West Indies had rattled up 411 for 5 when rain stopped play. 比赛因雨停止时,西印度群岛队已经在5局里拿下了411分。