| 单词 | clamorous |
| 释义 | clamorous (once / 2781 pages) adj Clamorous means super loud and obnoxiously crying out. If you find yourself in the midst of a pack of clamorous groupies going nuts over a celebrity sighting, you'll need to put your ear plugs in. Clamorous comes from the Latin root clāmōr, meaning "shout." If you're a clamorous person, you're not just loud, but you're also kind of aggressive about it. Town hall meetings with touchy subjects on the agenda tend to be clamorous affairs, as do championship playoffs, arguments between siblings, and daytime talk shows. WORD FAMILYclamorous: clamorously+/clamor: clamored, clamoring, clamorous, clamors/clamoring: clamorings USAGE EXAMPLESAlliance is more cool city kid: The space, in a former warehouse, is casual, clamorous and crowded. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) But with the rise of electronic and high-frequency trading, the clamorous “trading pit” is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) At suppertime, the dining hall at Western Kentucky’s student union is crowded, clamorous and brightly lit. New York Times(Nov 19, 2016) adj conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry a clamorous uproar Syn blatant, clamant, strident, vociferous noisy full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds |
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