rattletrap

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically unreliable as indicated by noises it makes in operation. informal
    — Mom always worried about our safety in my friend's rattletrap. I told her not to worry, as it can't go fast enough to be dangerous.
  2. Any piece of miscellaneous equipment or junk. dated
    — And they tumbled about the rattletraps under the cupboard, and rummaged the drawers in search of the sacred volume.
  3. A type of noisemaker in which the teeth of a gear repeatedly bend and release a stiff tongue.
  4. A person's mouth. dated,derogatory,slang
    — Shut your rattletrap!
形容词 adj.
  1. Mechanically unreliable or in disrepair. not-comparable
    — 2006, Paul McGeough, Bush 'palace' shielded from Iraqi storm, theage.com.au, August 26, http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/bush-palace-shielded-from-iraqi-storm/2006/08/25/1156012740594.html, All services for the biggest embassy in the world will operate independently from the rattletrap utilities of the Iraqi capital. (speaking of the new US Embassy in Baghdad)

词形变化

rattletraps plural

词源

词源 1
From rattle + trap.
词源 2
From rattle + trap.
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