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rustle

/ruhs-uhl/US // ˈrʌs əl //UK // (ˈrʌsəl) //

沙沙作响,沙沙声,沙沙的响声,沙沙的声音

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v.无主动词 verb
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    rus·tled, rus·tling.

    • : to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
    • : to cause such sounds by moving or stirring something.
    • : to move, proceed, or work energetically: Rustle around and see what you can find.
v.有主动词 verb
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    rus·tled, rus·tling.

    • : to move or stir so as to cause a rustling sound: The wind rustled the leaves.
    • : to move, bring, or get by energetic action: I'll go rustle some supper.
    • : to steal.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the sound made by anything that rustles: the rustle of leaves.
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    • : rustle up, Informal. to find, gather, or assemble by effort or search: to rustle up some wood for a fire.

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Examples

  • Our hunter-gatherer ancestors survived by assuming every rustle in the grasses was a lurking hungry lion, not harmless birds hunting for seeds.

  • They would rustle and tussle it for like three minutes and that was it!

  • Prepared with paper to rustle, rice to shake, and water to ripple.

  • In her hand she held a silk map of the region, given to agents to avoid the giveaway rustle of paper in pockets.

  • If I can rustle horses I'll send these two boys on home, with a note to the old man explaining how the play came up.

  • But the fronds of a palm-tree in the wind produce a noise that is unlike the rustle of any other foliage in the world.

  • And before he had finished smiling, over the parquet floor behind him there came the light rustle of a dress.

  • The faint rustle of the Black Hood's cape caused the messenger on the ground to look up.

  • There was a rustle of expectancyupon the girls side, at leastat Assembly on Monday morning.