rustles

英 [ˈrʌslz]

美 [ˈrʌslz]

v.  (使)发出轻轻的摩擦声，发出沙沙声; 偷窃(牲口)
n.  轻轻的摩擦声; 沙沙声
rustle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)发出沙沙声;(使)沙沙作响
  When something thin and dryrustlesor when yourustleit, it makes soft sounds as it moves.
  1. The leaves rustled in the wind...
     树叶在风中沙沙作响。
  2. She rustled her papers impatiently...
     她不耐烦地把文件翻得沙沙作响。
  3. A snake rustled through the dry grass.
     一条蛇爬过干草地，发出沙沙的响声。
  4. Rustleis also a noun.
     
  5. She sat perfectly still, without even a rustle of her frilled petticoats.
     她安安静静地坐着，甚至连她镶着花边的衬裙也没有发出一点声音。
• See also:rustling

双语例句

• Her hair is flying in the wind, her veil is fluttering, her garland rustles over her breast.
  她的头发在风中飞扬，她的面纱飘动，她的花环在胸前悉悉作响。
• I lie back, listening to the rustles and creaks of Lisa's preparations in the bunk below.
  我躺下来，听着丽莎收拾下铺弄出的吱吱咯咯的动静。
• This effect may be hard-wired: our ancestors looked for clues that might help them to spot wild game or hostile tribes, and had to accept that most of the rustles in the undergrowth were the wind rather than the meat.
  这种影响或许是天生固有的：我们的祖先通过一些线索来发现猎物或是侦察不怀好意的部落，结果发现多数情况下，树丛中的响声只是风吹草动，而不是猎物。
• Mother's voice rustles, wrinkling the silence.
  母亲的叫声沙哑，让寂静也起皱纹。