資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Rattle \Rat"tle\, v. t.
1. To cause to make a ratting or clattering sound; as, to
rattle a chain.
2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise.
Sound but another [drum], and another shall As loud
as thine rattle the welkin's ear. --Shak.
3. Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's
judgment; to rattle a player in a game. [Colloq.]
4. To scold; to rail at. --L'Estrange.
{To rattle off}.
(a) To tell glibly or noisily; as, to rattle off a story.
(b) To rail at; to scold. ``She would sometimes rattle off
her servants sharply.'' --Arbuthnot.