rus·tle /ˈrʌsəl/
沙沙聲,瑟瑟聲,颯颯聲(vi.)發出沙沙聲(vt.)使颯颯作響
Rus·tle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rustled p. pr. & vb. n. Rustling ]
1. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. --Shak.
Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. --Shak.
2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.]
Rus·tle, v. t. To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
Rus·tle, n. A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.
When the noise of a torrent, the rustle of a wood, the song of birds, or the play of lambs, had power to fill the attention, and suspend all perception of the course of time. --Idler.
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rustle
n : the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves
blowing in the wind [syn: rustling, whisper, whispering]
v 1: make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves
were rustling in the breeze"
2: take illegally; "rustle cattle" [syn: lift]