n. 咔嗒声, 哗啦声, 嘈杂的谈笑声

vi. 发出哗啦声, 喧闹的谈笑

vt. 使咔嗒咔嗒地响

Clatter \Clat"ter\, v. t.
To make a rattling noise with.

You clatter still your brazen kettle. --Swift.


Clatter \Clat"ter\, n.
1. A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard
bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of
abrupt sounds.

The goose let fall a golden egg
With cackle and with clatter. --Tennyson.

2. Commotion; disturbance. ``Those mighty feats which made
such a clatter in story.'' --Barrow.

3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. ``Hold still thy
clatter.'' --Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ).

Throw by your clatter
And handle the matter. --B. Jonson


Clatter \Clat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clattered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Clattering}.] [AS. cla?rung a rattle, akin to D.
klateren to rattle. Cf. {Clack}.]
1. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together;
to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.

Clattering loud with iron clank. --Longfellow.

2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.

I see thou dost but clatter. --Spenser.