单词 | uproarious |
释义 | uproarious (once / 3948 pages) adj Uproarious situations are very loud, a little out of control, and often hilarious. You might encounter an uproarious crowd at a soccer match, or even in your school cafeteria. Your neighbors might like to throw uproarious dinner parties filled with screams of glee and pounding music, disturbing your sleep. Notice the word roar in there, because whether it’s an uproarious gathering or just one uproarious joke, it’s always an event of stunning and dramatic volume, like a lion’s roar. WORD FAMILYuproarious: uproariously+/uproar: uproarious, uproars USAGE EXAMPLESWhich brings us to the most uproarious case of all. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) The centerpieces are piano concertos: two by Haydn and Ligeti’s uproarious, rhythmically knotty contribution to the genre. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) “That last line is not wholly true,” Mr. Rhys-Davies then said before unleashing yet another uproarious belly laugh — and somewhat upending his entire premise. Washington Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1adj uncontrollably noisy Syn rackety, rip-roaring noisy full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds 2adj marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter uproarious stories Syn hilarious, screaming humorous, humourous full of or characterized by humor |
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