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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
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)
- 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
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1.
adj
[informal]
very brisk and profitable (esp in the phrase a roaring trade)
Examples
- A roaring sound greeted his ears．
- 轰鸣声贯耳。 → greet
- a roaring business
- 繁荣的贸易 → roaring
- roaring drunk
- 烂醉似泥 → roaring
- a roaring communist → roaring
- 他这句话使我们大笑起来。
- This remark of his set us roaring with laughter. → 起来
- 他的话把大家惹得哈哈大笑。
- His words set everybody roaring with laughter. → 惹
- 屋中炉火烧得正旺。
- There was a roaring fire in the room. → 旺
- 虎啸
- tigers roaring (or growling) → 啸
- 海水的啸声
- the roaring of the sea → 啸
- 波涛汹汹
- roaring waves → 汹汹
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