| 单词 | to raise the roof |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto raise (also lift) the roof P6. colloquial to raise (also lift) the roof: to create an uproar, to make a resounding noise. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (intransitive)] singc897 shillc1000 warblea1400 resoundc1425 dun1440 reird1508 rolla1522 rerea1525 peal1593 diapason1608 choir1838 alarm1839 to raise (also lift) the roof1845 whang1854 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [verb (intransitive)] > uproar or tumult clamourc1400 rumblec1405 shout1513 racket1617 to keep a (bad, etc.) quarter1632 to raise a dust1649 obstreperate1765 row1797 uproar1834 to raise Cain1840 to raise the mischief1840 to raise (also lift) the roof1845 steven1855 tow-row1877 1845 T. D. McGee Story O'Sullivan Beare in Nation (Dublin) 6 Dec. 121/1 His father, mother, brother, his lovely sisters twain, Tis they would raise the roof with joy to see him back from Spain. 1852 G. Trask Thoughts & Stories on Tobacco 65 With a full fiendish gaze in my face, he cried out, Tobacco! Tobacco! with an unearthly scream, that seemed to well nigh raise the roof! 1894 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. June 233/1 She was here to watch the trial now, and was going to lift up just one ‘hooraw’ over it... ‘When dat verdic’ comes, I's gwine to lif' dat roof, now, I tell you. 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 147/2 Oxf. Do be quiet, or you'll raise the roof (G.O.). 1922 P. G. Wodehouse Girl on Boat xvi. 253 I couldn't get within ten feet of that dog without its lifting the roof off. 1959 Times 19 Jan. 3/3 A good song to raise the roof. 1972 J. W. Thompson in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. 255 She flew from the kitchen like a startled sparrow, her hands perched nervously upon her hips—all set to raise the roof! 1998 Friends of WNO Newsletter (Welsh National Opera) Feb. 7/3 The wonderful singing almost raised the roof. 2000 J. Griffiths Grip on Thin Air 21 The sun..would course through the house As through a shell,..licking life into The painted dogs in the gallery Until they too give tongue, Raising the roof. < as lemmas |
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