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单词 do a roaring trade
释义

roar /rōr or rör/

intransitive verb
  1. To make a full, loud, hoarse, low-pitched sound, as a lion, fire, wind, the sea, cannon, etc
  2. To bellow
  3. To bawl
  4. To guffaw
  5. (of a diseased horse) to take in breath with a loud noise
  6. To behave in a riotous, bullying, noisy manner (obsolete)
  7. To rush forward with loud noise from the engine
transitive verb
  1. To utter vociferously
  2. To shout (encouragement, abuse, etc)
  3. To encourage by shouting (esp with on)
noun

A sound of roaring

ORIGIN: OE rārian; but partly from MDu roer stir, disturbance

roarˈer noun

  1. A person who roars
  2. A horse that roars as a result of disease
  3. A roaring boy (obsolete)

roarˈing noun

  1. The action of the verb in any sense
  2. A disease of horses marked by roaring
adjective
  1. Uttering or emitting roars
  2. Riotous
  3. Proceeding with very great activity or success

roarˈingly adverb

roarˈy or roarˈie adjective (Scot)

  1. Noisy
  2. Garish, too bright

roaring boy noun (obsolete)

A boisterous bullying reveller, swaggerer or brawler

roaring drunk adjective

Very drunk (and typically rowdy)

roaring forties see under forty

do a roaring trade

To do very brisk and profitable business

the roaring game

Curling

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