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rattling 音标拼音: [r'ætlɪŋ] [r'ætəlɪŋ] a. 卡答卡答的,活泼的,很好的
ad. 极佳,很,非常 卡答卡答的,活泼的,很好的极佳,很,非常 rattling adv 1: used as intensifiers; ` real' is sometimes used informally for ` really'; ` rattling' is informal; " she was very gifted"; " he played very well"; " a really enjoyable evening"; " I' m real sorry about it"; " a rattling good yarn" [ synonym: { very}, { really}, { real}, { rattling}] adj 1: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; " a fantastic trip to the Orient"; " the film was fantastic!"; " a howling success"; " a marvelous collection of rare books"; " had a rattling conversation about politics"; " a tremendous achievement" [ synonym: { fantastic}, { grand}, { howling( a)}, { marvelous}, { marvellous}, { rattling( a)}, { terrific}, { tremendous}, { wonderful}, { wondrous}] 2: quick and energetic; " a brisk walk in the park"; " a lively gait"; " a merry chase"; " traveling at a rattling rate"; " a snappy pace"; " a spanking breeze" [ synonym: { alert}, { brisk}, { lively}, { merry}, { rattling}, { snappy}, { spanking}, { zippy}] n 1: a rapid series of short loud sounds ( as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); " the death rattle" [ synonym: { rattle}, { rattling}, { rale}] Rattle \ Rat" tle\ ( r[ a^] t" t' l), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Rattled} (- t' ld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Rattling} (- tl[ i^] ng).] [ Akin to D. ratelen, G. rasseln, AS. hr[ ae] tele a rattle, in hr[ ae] telwyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. kradai` nein to swing, wave. Cf. { Rail} a bird.] 1. To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter. [ 1913 Webster] And the rude hail in rattling tempest forms. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] ' T was but the wind, Or the car rattling o' er the stony street. -- Byron. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. To make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and idly; to clatter; -- with on or away; as, she rattled on for an hour. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster]
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