单词	roaring
释义	roaringroar‧ing /ˈrɔːrɪŋ/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Our train passed over a roaring waterfall. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A vast roaring wall of death and destruction. All those roaring blurs of hissing steam and belching smoke were gone now to the breaker's yard. In fact the mountains were cumulus clouds and the roaring sound came from the surf. Instead he could hear a roaring sound of blood in his ears. The roaring, boozing Saturday nights were always great. The Hercules made another, much higher pass, its whine almost lost in the roaring sea. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorvery drunk► blind drunk · Every Saturday night he came home blind drunk.· Don't give him anything more to drink. He's already blind drunk. ► roaring drunk very drunk and very noisy: · They were all roaring drunk and kept singing bawdy songs. ► smashed/plastered/trashed spoken informal very drunk: · We went to a nightclub in town last night and got absolutely plastered.· She came home completely smashed at about 2 o'clock this morning.· Man, you were so trashed. How much did you have to drink? ► bombed/loaded/wasted American spoken very drunk: · Did you see Kim at Rob's party? She was totally wasted.· He's loaded. Somebody better call him a cab.· I was so bombed, I can't even remember half of what I did. ► paralytic/legless British spoken extremely drunk: · Don't give Dave any more to drink -- he's already legless.· The day I got my exam results we went out and got absolutely paralytic. when a lot of something is sold► sell · Books that don't sell are sent back to the publishers.· The handcrafted rocking horses have sold well across the United States.· The last model didn't sell as well as they'd expected. ► best-selling a best-selling product is one that is sold in large numbers, especially more than any other product of the same type: · Agatha Christie is said to be the world's best-selling author.· a list of the week's best-selling music and children's videos· Chanel Number 5 is the best-selling scent of all time. ► best-seller /bestseller/best seller a book, game, video, record etc that has been bought by a very large number of people: · Several TV movies have been based on best sellers by Danielle Steel.· Every year there's a toy that becomes a hard-to-find best-seller.bestseller list (=an official list of what has sold most): · All four Harry Potter books are currently on the bestseller list. ► outsell if one product outsells another, more of it is sold than the other product: · His latest album has outsold all his other records put together.· Chardonnay continues to outsell other wines. ► be selling like hot cakes informal if a product is selling like hot cakes , it is being sold very quickly and in large amounts because people very much want to buy it: · Grisham's new book is selling like hot cakes. ► do a roaring trade British if a shop or a person that sells a particular type of goods is doing a roaring trade , they are selling large quantities of goods because a lot of people suddenly want to buy them: · Since the heatwave started, ice cream vendors have been doing a roaring trade.do a roaring trade in: · The shops outside the station were doing a roaring trade in umbrellas. WORD SETS► COLOURS & SOUNDS ablaze, adjectiveacoustic, adjectiveacoustics, nounaglow, adjectivebaa, verbbabble, verbbabble, nounbabel, nounbaby talk, nounbackfire, verbbackground, nounbang, nounbang, verbbang, interjectionbark, verbbark, nounbattle cry, nounbay, verbbeat, verbbeat, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounblare, verbblast, nounbleat, verbbleep, nounbleep, verbblip, nounbong, nounboom, nounboom, verbbowwow, interjectionbrassy, adjectivebray, verbbrazen, adjectivebreathy, adjectivebubble, verbbump, nounchatter, verbchatter, nounclink, verbclink, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncrackle, verbcrackling, nouncrash, verbcrash, nouncreak, verbcreaky, adjectivecroak, verbcroak, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcrunch, nouncrunch, verbding-dong, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedrone, verbdrone, noundrown, verbdrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrumming, noundull, adjectiveecho, verbecho, nounfizz, verbflat, adjectivefootfall, nounfootstep, nounfusillade, noungrinding, adjectivegroan, verbgroan, noungrunt, verbgrunt, nounguffaw, verbgunshot, nounguttural, adjectivehigh, adjectivehigh, adverbhiss, verbindistinct, adjectiveirregular, adjectivelow, verbmarbled, adjectivematching, adjectivemellow, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemetallic, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmodulate, verbmonotone, nounmoo, verbmurmur, verbmurmur, nounmusical, adjectivemusically, adverbmute, verbnasal, adjectivenoise, nounoink, interjectionoof, interjectionpatter, verbpatter, nounpeal, nounpeal, verbpenetrating, adjectivepercussion, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepulse, nounputter, verbquack, verbquack, nounquaver, nounracket, nounrasp, verbrasp, nounraspberry, nounrat-a-tat, nounrattle, nounraucous, adjectivereedy, adjectivereport, nounresonance, nounresonant, adjectiveresonate, verbresonator, nounresound, verbresounding, adjectivereverberate, verbreverberation, nounrich, adjectivering, nounring, verbringing, adjectiveripple, verbripple, nounroar, nounroaring, adjectiveroll, verbrough, adjectiverustle, verbrustle, nounscratch, verbscratch, nounscream, verbscream, nounscrunch, verbsmoky, adjectivesnarl, verbsoft, adjectivesoft-spoken, adjectivesonorous, adjectivesotto voce, adverbsplosh, verbsweet, adjectiveswoosh, verbtick-tock, nountinny, adjectivetonal, adjectivevivid, adjectivevowel, nounwail, verbweak, adjectivewhack, nounwham, interjectionwhine, verbwhinny, verbwhirr, verbwhistle, verbwhistle, nounyelp, nounyowl, verbzoom, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a roaring fire (=a fire that is burning strongly)· I sat by the roaring fire and dried off. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► fire · He was acutely aware of everything that had gone on in front of the then roaring fire.· A roaring fire was in the grate and the room was pleasantly warm. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► roaring fire A roaring fire was in the grate and the room was pleasantly warm. He was acutely aware of everything that had gone on in front of the then roaring fire. I built a roaring fire in the stove and baked some potatoes. The aristocrats would be the kindling for a roaring fire fueled by the fats of social exploitation. ► do a roaring trade (in something)► be a roaring success As this is the framework, the issue will be a roaring success. The final week of Hamlet was a roaring success. ► roaring drunk They were all roaring drunk and kept singing bawdy songs. I was twenty-three years old, and he got me roaring drunk. In some of the villages, apparently, vampire hunters get roaring drunk first. Never an unwise investment, never stone roaring drunk, never a pass at a secretary. So that night they celebrated, getting roaring drunk, playing cards and gambling. 1[only before noun] making a deep, very loud, continuous noise:  the roaring wind and waves2roaring fire a fire that burns with a lot of flames and heat3do a roaring trade (in something) British English informal to sell a lot of something very quickly:  The stallholders were doing a roaring trade in burgers.4be a roaring success British English informal to be extremely successful:  The new musical has been a roaring success.5roaring drunk British English informal very drunk and noisy
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