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rattletrap

/rat-l-trap/US // ˈræt lˌtræp //UK // (ˈrætəlˌtræp) //

捕鼠器,捕鼠夹,鼠笼,鼠辈

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a shaky, rattling object, as a rickety vehicle.

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Examples

  • It is not gallant in Chauncey to permit the lady to appear in such an antiquated rattletrap.

  • They went out through the doors of the waiting room toward a rattletrap vehicle.

  • "Excuse me from ever taking such a long trip again in an old rattletrap of a boat like that," declared Bluff.

  • Emily, I'm thinkin' of fixin' up Uncle Abner's old rattletrap and openin' a boardin'-house for summer folks in it.

  • The medics were injecting a heart stimulant into him and he was vibrating like a rattletrap car racing over a gravel road.