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单词 clatter
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Definition of clatter in English:

clatter

noun ˈklatəˈklædər
  • A continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other.

    (硬物下落或互相撞击的)连续铿锵声

    the horse spun round with a clatter of hooves

    随着马蹄的嗒嗒声,马儿转过身来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was almost silent in there, other than the occasional shrill outburst of a young child, or the clatter of a fork falling to the ground.
    • The clatter of cutlery and banter filled the hall.
    • In the narrow corridor, their ears picked up the clatter of footsteps.
    • He shivers slightly, his teeth giving a faint clatter, and he winds his arms together over his chest.
    • What then was making such a clatter in the kitchen?
    • I heard it hit the ground with a metallic clatter.
    • The gun dropped with a noisy clatter from her hand.
    • You could say that the only sound was the cling and clatter of eating utensils hitting the porcelain plates.
    • Emily woke up and flinched when she heard the loud clatter from the kitchen.
    • The distant clatter of a milk van revives a long-lost, though momentary, reverie.
    • He threw his knife to the floor with a sharp clatter of metal on stone.
    • There was a clatter of footsteps in the corridor, the thud of boots on the stairs.
    • The sound of silence was gently broken by the distant clatter of horse hooves.
    • Its attempts at reducing diesel clatter and eliminating turbo lag have been extremely effective.
    • He wanted to live with the clatter of dishes when entertaining.
    • There was a sudden clatter and I turned to stare at the couple in surprise.
    • The clatter of cutlery or the sound of high-pitched voices can be positively painful.
    • Apart from some diesel clatter at low speeds, the engine fades away into the background.
    • The clatter of dishes stopped as she grew suddenly still.
    • My gun dropped to the floor with a muffled clatter.
    Synonyms
    uproar, racket, loud noise, confused noise, commotion, cacophony, babel, hubbub, tumult, fracas, clangour, crash, clatter, clash
verb ˈklatəˈklædər
  • 1Make or cause to make a continuous rattling sound.

    (使)发出咔嗒声,(使)发出格格声,(使)发出叮当声

    no object her coffee cup clattered in the saucer

    她的咖啡杯与碟撞击,发出咔咔声。

    with object she clattered cups and saucers on to a tray

    她叮叮当当地把杯和碟放在托盘里。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He reached the table and took a seat, hearing dishes clatter a bit.
    • We started to go through the kitchen, to the back door, but we heard clattering and muttering.
    • Then clattering drums liable to cause clubland consternation start up, sounding like they're trying to lock into a pattern.
    • I could hear dishes clattering faintly in the distance.
    • But he pulled his kick wide of the right hand post, having earlier clattered a post with a conversion.
    • The water level had risen three of four metres and we could hear people running and shouting and banging and clattering.
    • He stopped at the closed door, surprised to hear clattering and shattering from within.
    • That honour goes to the young Rottweiler who clatters its claws against a passenger window and barks loudly as you approach.
    • If you roll over at night everything behind you clatters and rattles.
    • I shifted and the chains clattered; the crisp sounds echoed in the silent office.
    • She could hear her mother clattering about in the kitchen.
    • Then he jumps behind his kit and clatters away in ecstasy.
    • Inside there was a squeak and the sound of something clattering, then the door swung open to slam against the bathroom wall.
    • The Oxford driver understeered heavily off the road and clattered a milestone damaging the front of the car and wrecking the radiator.
    • As I walked across the fields I could hear sounds of dishes clattering and chatter could be heard inside the palace walls.
    • Tomorrow the banging and clattering overhead will resume as the last of the slate tiles are laid, followed by the ridge tiles.
    • The cotton mills of Bolton no longer clatter with the sound of looms, but they provided the town with a worldwide heritage.
    • The table fell silent except for the sound of utensils clattering against our best china.
    • Where is the ancient music of mothers clattering their saucepan lids down Whitehall for their rights?
    • The resident cats of the time didn't much like the hissing and spluttering and clattering the device made as it brewed a new jugful, but they came round in the end.
    Synonyms
    rattle, clank, clink, clunk, clang, bang
    rare blatter
    1. 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Fall or move with a clatter.
      掉落(或移动)时发出咔嗒声(或叮当声)
      they heard Sybil's shoes clattering up the stone steps

      他们听到西比尔往上走时鞋子在石阶上发出咔嗒咔嗒声。

      the knife clattered to the floor

      刀当啷一声掉到了地上。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her footsteps clattered up the stairs, and in a minute she rushed into the room.
      • I heard the footsteps clatter down the stairs and I slid down the next railing.
      • As he does the phone slips from his grasp and clatters to the pavement.
      • Her pen fell out of her fingers and clattered noisily onto the table.
      • I jumped when a lunch tray clattered onto the table I was sitting at.
      • Somewhere in the distance the Colombo train clatters north through the night.
      • The horse's hooves clatter along the white, nicely layed rocks.
      • He remembered the sound produced by balls clattering off toys.
      • The knife clattered on the counter as he dropped it and turned to face me.
      • The sounds of horse hooves clattering on the cobblestone streets and children laughing reached her ears.
      • The train we'd caught was one of those ones with three carriages that clatters across the countryside and stops everywhere.
      • The mugger's dagger clattered against the pavement.
      • He let the sword clatter to the ground.
      • The sword clattered across the ground as it slid to a halt.
      • Both spoons clattered down onto the plates causing milk to splash everywhere.
      • He slowly lowered it, released the clip and let the gun clatter to the floor.
      • She bumped into the shelf, and a few books clattered around us.
      • She was thinking about going back home when she heard hooves clatter on the bridge.
      • He let the gun clatter to the floor, stepping back while shaking his head.
      • Someone suddenly dived into the man, and the blade clattered noisily to the floor.
    2. 1.2British informal with object (of a soccer player) foul (an opponent)
      〈英,非正式〉(足球运动员)对(对手)犯规
      Bennett clattered Coleman ten yards out from goal

      贝内特在离球门十码的地方对科尔曼犯规了。

      no object Thatcher clattered into Beckham

      撒切尔对贝克汉姆犯规了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Poor old Victor gets clattered again, this time by an accidental elbow from Nuno Valente.
      • Prso makes his intentions known by clattering into Fukunishi.
      • Michael Ball clatters Alexander Hleb for the second or third time - he'd want to be careful or he'll get booked.
      • Ferdinand's intentions are not an issue, any more than intention is an issue when you clatter someone in the penalty area.
      • Ilic and Van Nistelrooy had clattered into each other as the goalkeeper gathered a bouncing ball.
      • Play was held up in added time when Roberts and Abbey clattered into each other both going for a clearing header.
      • Either way, Al Jaber is the ungrateful recipient after clattering into the back of Joaquin.
      • The pattern of play was quickly established, however, when Holt clattered into Jon Keith in the second minute.
      • Mascherano has just clattered Osorio dead straight in front of goal about 35 yards out with three minutes left on the clock!
      • Scott Parker clatters a Stuttgart player on the touchline - not the first meaty tackle the chippy former Charlton midfielder has put in tonight.
      • Scholes floors Hakan Yakin with a tackle that couldn't have been any later if he'd clattered him in the showers after the game.
      • They had just gone 1-up and there was only a minute or so left when Pavlovic clattered into the back of me.
      • Lizarazu gets booked for clattering Chris Sutton over on the right touchline.
      • Lee Chun Soo has just received a yellow card for clattering into Gattuso.
      • From the free-kick, Jenas breaks and lays it into the box for Bellamy, who clatters into DeBoer and falls over.
      • Harshly, Nikiforov receives a booking for clattering Nakata on the edge of the area.
      • Yellow card for Frings, who's just clattered into Frank Lampard with his head.
      • He clattered into Addo, conceding a free 25 yards out.
      • Fernando Morientes is the first to get clattered, by Marcel Desailly in midfield.
      • The referee played on but Crooks instantly clattered Connell to give Cummings a dead-ball chance from 25 yards which he wasted.

Origin

Old English (as a verb), of imitative origin.

Rhymes

attar, batter, bespatter, chatter, flatter, hatter, Kenyatta, latter, matamata, matter, natter, patter, platter, ratter, regatta, satyr, scatter, shatter, smatter, spatter, splatter, yatter

Definition of clatter in US English:

clatter

nounˈklædərˈkladər
  • A continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other.

    (硬物下落或互相撞击的)连续铿锵声

    the horse spun around with a clatter of hooves

    随着马蹄的嗒嗒声,马儿转过身来。

    she dropped her knife and fork with a clatter

    她丢下刀叉,发出当啷啷的声音。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Apart from some diesel clatter at low speeds, the engine fades away into the background.
    • He threw his knife to the floor with a sharp clatter of metal on stone.
    • It was almost silent in there, other than the occasional shrill outburst of a young child, or the clatter of a fork falling to the ground.
    • There was a clatter of footsteps in the corridor, the thud of boots on the stairs.
    • Emily woke up and flinched when she heard the loud clatter from the kitchen.
    • The clatter of cutlery or the sound of high-pitched voices can be positively painful.
    • He shivers slightly, his teeth giving a faint clatter, and he winds his arms together over his chest.
    • The sound of silence was gently broken by the distant clatter of horse hooves.
    • The clatter of dishes stopped as she grew suddenly still.
    • I heard it hit the ground with a metallic clatter.
    • You could say that the only sound was the cling and clatter of eating utensils hitting the porcelain plates.
    • He wanted to live with the clatter of dishes when entertaining.
    • The gun dropped with a noisy clatter from her hand.
    • Its attempts at reducing diesel clatter and eliminating turbo lag have been extremely effective.
    • In the narrow corridor, their ears picked up the clatter of footsteps.
    • The clatter of cutlery and banter filled the hall.
    • There was a sudden clatter and I turned to stare at the couple in surprise.
    • The distant clatter of a milk van revives a long-lost, though momentary, reverie.
    • What then was making such a clatter in the kitchen?
    • My gun dropped to the floor with a muffled clatter.
    Synonyms
    uproar, racket, loud noise, confused noise, commotion, cacophony, babel, hubbub, tumult, fracas, clangour, crash, clatter, clash
verbˈklædərˈkladər
  • 1Make or cause to make a continuous rattling sound.

    (使)发出咔嗒声,(使)发出格格声,(使)发出叮当声

    no object her coffee cup clattered in the saucer

    她的咖啡杯与碟撞击,发出咔咔声。

    with object she clattered cups and saucers onto a tray

    她叮叮当当地把杯和碟放在托盘里。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The water level had risen three of four metres and we could hear people running and shouting and banging and clattering.
    • I shifted and the chains clattered; the crisp sounds echoed in the silent office.
    • If you roll over at night everything behind you clatters and rattles.
    • As I walked across the fields I could hear sounds of dishes clattering and chatter could be heard inside the palace walls.
    • The table fell silent except for the sound of utensils clattering against our best china.
    • The resident cats of the time didn't much like the hissing and spluttering and clattering the device made as it brewed a new jugful, but they came round in the end.
    • Where is the ancient music of mothers clattering their saucepan lids down Whitehall for their rights?
    • He reached the table and took a seat, hearing dishes clatter a bit.
    • I could hear dishes clattering faintly in the distance.
    • That honour goes to the young Rottweiler who clatters its claws against a passenger window and barks loudly as you approach.
    • He stopped at the closed door, surprised to hear clattering and shattering from within.
    • The Oxford driver understeered heavily off the road and clattered a milestone damaging the front of the car and wrecking the radiator.
    • We started to go through the kitchen, to the back door, but we heard clattering and muttering.
    • She could hear her mother clattering about in the kitchen.
    • Then he jumps behind his kit and clatters away in ecstasy.
    • Inside there was a squeak and the sound of something clattering, then the door swung open to slam against the bathroom wall.
    • Then clattering drums liable to cause clubland consternation start up, sounding like they're trying to lock into a pattern.
    • The cotton mills of Bolton no longer clatter with the sound of looms, but they provided the town with a worldwide heritage.
    • Tomorrow the banging and clattering overhead will resume as the last of the slate tiles are laid, followed by the ridge tiles.
    • But he pulled his kick wide of the right hand post, having earlier clattered a post with a conversion.
    Synonyms
    rattle, clank, clink, clunk, clang, bang
    1. 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Fall or move with a continuous rattling sound.
      (使)发出咔嗒声,(使)发出格格声,(使)发出叮当声
      the knife clattered to the floor

      刀当啷一声掉到了地上。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Both spoons clattered down onto the plates causing milk to splash everywhere.
      • The sword clattered across the ground as it slid to a halt.
      • Someone suddenly dived into the man, and the blade clattered noisily to the floor.
      • She bumped into the shelf, and a few books clattered around us.
      • The horse's hooves clatter along the white, nicely layed rocks.
      • He slowly lowered it, released the clip and let the gun clatter to the floor.
      • He let the gun clatter to the floor, stepping back while shaking his head.
      • Somewhere in the distance the Colombo train clatters north through the night.
      • The knife clattered on the counter as he dropped it and turned to face me.
      • She was thinking about going back home when she heard hooves clatter on the bridge.
      • As he does the phone slips from his grasp and clatters to the pavement.
      • Her footsteps clattered up the stairs, and in a minute she rushed into the room.
      • I jumped when a lunch tray clattered onto the table I was sitting at.
      • The train we'd caught was one of those ones with three carriages that clatters across the countryside and stops everywhere.
      • Her pen fell out of her fingers and clattered noisily onto the table.
      • He remembered the sound produced by balls clattering off toys.
      • I heard the footsteps clatter down the stairs and I slid down the next railing.
      • He let the sword clatter to the ground.
      • The mugger's dagger clattered against the pavement.
      • The sounds of horse hooves clattering on the cobblestone streets and children laughing reached her ears.

Origin

Old English (as a verb), of imitative origin.

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