clatter['klætə]

• n.
  • 撞击声，碰撞声，哐啷声；(马蹄的)得得声；(机器的)咔哒声；咯噔咯噔声
  • 吵闹，喧哗声，噪声，扰嚷
  • 嘈杂的谈笑声，喋喋不休，聊天
• vi.
  • 发出碰撞声，发哐啷声，咔哒地响，噼啪地响:

    Dishes and plates were clattering in the dining car.

    餐车中盘碟叮当作响。

  • 得得(或咔哒)地迅速移动:

    The children clattered downstairs.

    孩子们登登地跑下楼。

    The iron-wheeled cart clattered down the street.

    铁轮大车咯噔咯噔地穿过大街。

  • 嘁嘁喳喳地说笑(或闲谈):

    She clattered on and on about her children.

    她喋喋不休地谈论她的儿女。

• vt.
  • 使发出咔哒(或噼啪)声，使哗啦作响:

    Don't clatter your knives and forks at table.

    吃饭时不要把刀叉弄得丁当乱响。

    The maid clattered the pots and pans in the sink.

    女仆哗啦哗啦地在厨房的水槽里洗锅碗。