rustle
沙沙作响,沙沙声,沙沙的响声,沙沙的声音
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rus·tled, rus·tling.
- : to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- : to cause such sounds by moving or stirring something.
- : to move, proceed, or work energetically: Rustle around and see what you can find.
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rus·tled, rus·tling.
- : to move or stir so as to cause a rustling sound: The wind rustled the leaves.
- : to move, bring, or get by energetic action: I'll go rustle some supper.
- : to steal.
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Our hunter-gatherer ancestors survived by assuming every rustle in the grasses was a lurking hungry lion, not harmless birds hunting for seeds.
They would rustle and tussle it for like three minutes and that was it!
Prepared with paper to rustle, rice to shake, and water to ripple.
In her hand she held a silk map of the region, given to agents to avoid the giveaway rustle of paper in pockets.
If I can rustle horses I'll send these two boys on home, with a note to the old man explaining how the play came up.
But the fronds of a palm-tree in the wind produce a noise that is unlike the rustle of any other foliage in the world.
And before he had finished smiling, over the parquet floor behind him there came the light rustle of a dress.
The faint rustle of the Black Hood's cape caused the messenger on the ground to look up.
There was a rustle of expectancyupon the girls side, at leastat Assembly on Monday morning.