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（使）發出震顫（或碰撞）聲;（使）發出格格聲
When something rattles or when you rattle it, it makes short sharp knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard.
例句
She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear dishes rattle...
她把廚房門重重地關上，我甚至聽到了碟子的震顫聲。
He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary...
他輕輕晃動著鳥籠，和金絲雀輕聲低語著。
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撥浪鼓;搖鈴
A rattle is a baby's toy with loose bits inside which make a noise when the baby shakes it.
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（在觀看足球比賽或舉行部落儀式中使用的）急響器，響板
A rattle is a wooden instrument that people shake to make a loud knocking noise at football matches or tribal ceremonies.
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（響尾蛇尾部的）角質環，響環
A rattlesnake's rattle is the hard part at the end of its tail which makes a rattling sound when it is shaken.
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VERB
使緊張;使不安
If something or someone rattles you, they make you nervous.
例句
The news from Body Shop rattled the rest of the retail sector...
從“美體小鋪”傳來的消息令整個零售行業不安。
She refused to be rattled by his ￡3,000-a-day lawyer.
她拒絕被他以每天3,000英鎊雇來的律師騷擾。
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VERB
（巴士、火車或汽車）哐啷哐啷地行進，轟隆隆地開過
You can say that a bus, train or car rattles somewhere when it moves noisily from one place to another.
例句
The bus from Odense rattled into a dusty village called Pozo Almonte...
從歐登塞來的巴士顛簸著駛入一個叫作波索阿爾蒙特的灰蒙蒙的村莊。
Somewhere close at hand a train rattled by.
一輛火車從我的身邊轟隆隆地開過。