rustle
verb
uk/rʌsəl/us/rʌsəl/rustleverb(MAKE NOISE)
[IorT]
If things such aspaperorleavesrustle, or if you rustle them, theymoveabout and make asoft,drysound:
使(纸或树叶等)沙沙作响,使发出轻轻的摩擦声;使沙沙作响地移动Theleavesrustled in thebreeze.树叶在微风中飒飒作响。
He rustled hispapers(=noisilymovedthem about)tohidehisembarrassment.他哗啦哗啦地翻动文件,以此来掩饰他的尴尬。
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- pip
- plunk
- putter
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
rustleverb(STEAL)
[T]mainlyUS
tostealfarmanimals
偷(牧场的牲畜)Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- anti-burglar
- anti-burglary
- anti-piracy
- hot-wire
- housebreaking
- jemmy
- jimmy
- job
- kleptomania
- piracy
- piratical
- plunder
- poach
- poaching
- rustling
- snaffle
- snarf
- snitch
Phrasal verb
rustlesomethingup
rustle
noun[S]
uk/rʌsəl/us/rʌsəl/thesoundmade by themovementof things such asleavesorpaper
(纸或树叶等)沙沙作响See also
rustling(NOISE)
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- pip
- plunk
- putter
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh