rustle /ˈrʌsəl/ CET6+ TEM8 ( rustling, rustled, rustles )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When something thin and dry rustles or when you rustle it, it makes soft sounds as it moves. 使沙沙作响; 沙沙作响

  例：

  The leaves rustled in the wind.

  那些树叶在风中沙沙作响。

  例：

  She rustled her papers impatiently.

  她不耐烦地把文件翻得沙沙响。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Rustle is also a noun. 沙沙声

  例：

  She sat perfectly still, without even a rustle of her frilled petticoats.

  她一动不动地坐着，就连她那褶边长裙也无一丝窸窣。

• 3. 

  rustling N-VAR 沙沙声

  例：

  We were all terrified by a rustling sound coming from beneath one of the seats.

  我们都被从一个座位下发出的沙沙声吓着了。

• 4. 

  V to steal (cattle, horses, etc) 偷(牛马等) [美国英语]