| 词汇 | rattle around |
| 释义 | Phr V rattle around rattles, rattling, rattled rattle around (swh) slightly informal to be in a building or room that is much too big for youoften + inThere are just the two of them now rattling around in this enormous house. rattle around to be in a building or room that is much bigger than you need it to be, so that you do not feel comfortable+ in This house is much too big for us now the children have left - we're just rattling around in it. (redirected from rattle around) rattle around (something or some place)1. To make a series of continuous clinking noises (inside of something), like a rattle. A pebble or something must have gotten inside of the casing—I can hear it rattling around. The coins rattled around in her piggy bank as she carried it up the stairs. 2. To make a lot of various clinking or banging noises (in some place or thing). I could hear you rattling around downstairs at 3 AM. What on earth were you doing down there? Don't mind those sounds, it's just Tom rattling around in the attic. 3. To live or spend time in some large, empty or uninhabited place or thing. You can probably find Dr. Fleischer rattling around in his lab. It makes me sad to think of my mother rattling around in that big old house all on her own. 4. To exist persistently in one's mind. I've had this idea rattling around in my head for the last few days that I'm really excited to pursue. I may be nearly 90 years old, but I've still got a few sensible thoughts rattling around up there yet! rattle around in something1. Lit. to make a rattling noise inside something. What is rattling around in this package? There is something rattling around in my glove compartment. 2. Fig. to ride about in a vehicle with a rattle. I am perfectly happy to rattle around in my ten-year-old car. Todd rattles around in his grandfather's old car. 3. Fig. to live in a place that is much too big. We have been rattling around in this big old house for long enough. Let's move to a smaller place. I can't afford to rattle around in a three-story house any longer. |
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