| 单词 | roar |
| 释义 | roar (once / 118 pages) 1vn 2v To roar is to make a ferociously loud sound, like a lion or a tiger. If you go to a football game, you'll hear the crowd roar whenever their team scores a goal. A wild animal roars when it makes its long, full cry, and a person (or a thing) can emit a similar roar. Your boisterous uncle roars with laughter, and the frustrated substitute teacher might roar angrily at the class. Motorcycles sometimes roar down the street, and a judge might silence a courtroom when she roars, "Order!" Roar can also act as a noun, meaning the sound itself — like the roar of the crowd that drowns out your voice. Roar comes from an imitative Old English root. WORD FAMILYroar: roared, roarer, roaring, roars+/roarer: roarers/roaring: roaringly, roarings USAGE EXAMPLES“Now is the most important game in the season because it is against a direct opponent,” he roared. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) A fireplace roaring on a blustery December day? Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Trump votes roared when Trump promised to repeal Obamacare on Day One. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v make a loud noise, as of an animal Syn|Hyper bellow emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 2v emit long loud cries Syn|Hypo|Hyper howl, ululate, wail, yaup, yawl squall, waul, wawl make high-pitched, whiney noises call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell utter a sudden loud cry 3v laugh unrestrainedly and heartily Syn|Hyper howl express joy, express mirth, laugh produce laughter 4v make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles The water roared down the chute Syn|Hypo|Hyper howl vroom make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving bawl, yawpmake a raucous noise thunderto make or produce a loud noise make noise, noise, resound emit a noise 5v utter words loudly and forcefully `Get out of here,' he roared Syn|Hyper thunder shout utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking) 6n a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) Syn|Hyper bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roaring, yowl call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition 7n the sound made by a lion Hyper cry the characteristic utterance of an animal 8n a deep prolonged loud noise 2Syn|Hyper boom, roaring, thunder noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) v act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington Hyper continue, go forward, proceed move ahead; travel onward in time or space |
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