rattle
/ˈɹæ.təl/ nom B2En français : hochet, bruit, cliquetis, crépitement
- Any of various plants of the genera Rhinanthus and Pedicularis, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.
- A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.
- A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.
- A device which produces a loud rattling sound, especially one having a ratchet mechanism and spun round on a handle.
- The set of rings at the end of a rattlesnake's tail which produce a rattling sound.
- A rapid succession of percussive sounds, as made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another. · I wish they would fix the rattle under my dashboard.
- A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
- A rough noise produced in the throat by air passing through obstructed airways; croup; a death rattle.
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Dans la bibliothèque
The long grass rustled at her feet as the White Rabbit hurried by—the frightened Mouse splashed his way through the neighbouring pool—she could hear the rattle of the teacups as the March Hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal, and the shrill voice of the Queen ordering off her unfortunate guests to execution—once more the pig-baby was sneezing on the Duchess’s knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it—once more the shriek of the Gryphon, the squeaking of the Lizard’s slate-pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs, filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserable Mock Turtle.
It was delightful to rattle along over the moist roads in the early red sunlight that was creeping across the shorn harvest fields.
Sir William Lucas, and his daughter Maria, a good-humoured girl, but as empty-headed as himself, had nothing to say that could be worth hearing, and were listened to with about as much delight as the rattle of the chaise.
To my fancy, it is only because he does not rattle away like other young men.”
Autres résultats
- rattle cliqueter, inquiéter, faire s'entrechoquer C1
- rattle about Synonym of rattle around.
- rattle around To take up little space in a house or other bui...
- rattle off énumérer rapidement, débiter rapidement
- rattle on Synonym of rabbit on.
- rattle through To do something extremely quickly and perfuncto...
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