rustle

1. V-T/V-I When something thin and dry rustles or when you rustle it, it makes soft sounds as it moves. 使沙沙作響; 沙沙作響

The leaves rustled in the wind. 那些樹葉在風(fēng)中沙沙作響。

She rustled her papers impatiently. 她不耐煩地把文件繙得沙沙響。

2. N-COUNT Rustle is also a noun. 沙沙聲

She sat perfectly still, without even a rustle of her frilled petticoats. 她一動(dòng)不動(dòng)地坐著，就連她那褶邊長裙也無一絲窸窣。

3. rustlingN-VAR 沙沙聲

We were all terrified by a rustling sound coming from beneath one of the seats. 我們都被從一個(gè)座位下發(fā)出的沙沙聲嚇著了。

4. V to steal (cattle, horses, etc) 媮(牛馬等)[美國英語]