English Dictionary

rattle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹæ.təl/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 擬音語 古語 廃用

Any of various plants of the genera Rhinanthus and Pedicularis, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.

日本語の意味

風に当たると種がガラガラと音を出す、リナンサス属やペディキュラリス属に属する植物

In the meadow, the rattle bobbed among the grasses, its dry seeds clattering softly whenever the breeze passed.

牧草地で、リンナントス属やペディキュラリス属に属する種が風でカラカラと鳴る野の花が草の間で揺れ、乾いた種はそよ風が通るたびにやさしくカラカラと音を立てた。

意味（1）

Any of various plants of the genera Rhinanthus and Pedicularis, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind.

意味（2）

A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container.

Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

意味（3）

(music) A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound.

The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other.

意味（4）

(zoology) The set of rings at the end of a rattlesnake's tail which produce a rattling sound.

The rattle of the rattlesnake is composed of the hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off, and modified in form so as to make a series of loose, hollow joints.

意味（5）

(onomatopoeia) 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.

意味（6）

(now rare) Noisy, rapid talk; babble.

All this adoe about the golden age is but an empty rattle and frivolous conceipt.

意味（7）

(uncountable, now rare) Trivial chatter; gossip.

“And pray where, Lady Honoria,” cried Mrs. Delvile, “do you contrive to pick up all this rattle?”

意味（8）

A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.

‘Sir James is a young Man of an amiable disposition, and excellent character;—a little too much of the Rattle perhaps, but a year or two will rectify that […] .’

意味（9）

(obsolete) A scolding; a sharp rebuke.

意味（10）

A rough noise produced in the throat by air passing through obstructed airways; croup; a death rattle.

rattles （ plural ）