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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- roaring
[ 'rorɪŋ]
[ 'rɔːrɪŋ]
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1.
noun
咆哮;呼喊
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2.
noun
吼声,咆哮声
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3.
noun
(马的)喘鸣症
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4.
adjective
咆哮的
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5.
adjective
喧闹的
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6.
adjective
[verbal]
兴隆的,茂盛的
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a roaring business
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繁荣的贸易
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7.
adverb
极度
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roaring drunk
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烂醉似泥
Collins English-English Dictionary
- roaring
['rɔːrɪŋ]
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1.
adj
[informal]
very brisk and profitable (esp in the phrase a roaring trade)
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2.
adj
[Irish]
[derogatory informal]
(intensifier)
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a roaring communist
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3.
adv
noisily or boisterously (esp in the phrase roaring drunk)
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4.
n
a loud prolonged cry
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5.
n
a debilitating breathing defect of horses characterized by rasping sounds with each breath: caused by inflammation of the respiratory tract or obstruction of the larynx - Compare whistling
Examples
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A roaring sound greeted his ears.
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轰鸣声贯耳。
→ greet
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a roaring business
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繁荣的贸易
→ roaring
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roaring drunk
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烂醉似泥
→ roaring
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a roaring communist
→ roaring
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他这句话使我们大笑起来。
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This remark of his set us roaring with laughter.
→ 起来
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他的话把大家惹得哈哈大笑。
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His words set everybody roaring with laughter.
→ 惹
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屋中炉火烧得正旺。
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There was a roaring fire in the room.
→ 旺
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虎啸
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tigers roaring (or growling)
→ 啸
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海水的啸声
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the roaring of the sea
→ 啸
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波涛汹汹
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roaring waves
→ 汹汹
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