Rustle



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 使某物) 发出轻而爽的声音
• ［英］ v. ( 使某物) 发出轻而爽的声音 ( make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (rustled; rustling)

• Etymology: Middle English rustelen
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to make or cause a rustle
  • 2.
    • a. to act or move with energy or speed
    • b. to forage food
  • 3. to steal cattle
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to rustle
  • 2.
    • a. to obtain by one's own exertions — often used with up<able to rustle up $5,000 bail — Jack McCallum>
    • b. forage
  • 3. to steal (as livestock) especially from a farm or ranch
• ? rustler noun

II. noun

• Date: 1759
• a quick succession or confusion of small sounds

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