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单词 boisterous
释义 bois·ter·ous
\ˈbȯist(ə)rəs\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English boistrous rough, coarse, alteration of boistous, perhaps from Old French boisteos lame, rough (said of a road), from boister to limp (from boiste knee joint, box) + -eos -ous
1. obsolete
 a. : of a strong durable quality
  < the leathern outside, boisterous as it was, gave way — John Dryden >
 b. : painfully rough
  < love … is too rough, too rude, too boisterous — Shakespeare >
 c. : massive, cumbrous
  < his boisterous club — Edmund Spenser >
2.
 a. : noisily turbulent : loudmouthed and rough in behavior : rowdy, brawling, clamorous
  < a boisterous mob >
  < the boisterous shantytowns of gold-rush days — American Guide Series: California >
 b. : full of exuberant uninhibited and often excessive animal spirits : completely unrestrained
  < boisterous laughter >
  < children enjoying a boisterous play period >
3.
 a. : rough, stormy and agitated : marked by tumultuous violence and fury : not calm
  < boisterous winds and waves >
 b. obsolete : savagely fierce : truculent
  < your indecent and boisterous treatment of this man — Alexander Pope >
Synonyms: see vociferous
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