roar
n
long loud deep sound (like that) made by a lion (獅子的)吼叫聲; 似獅子的吼叫聲
the roar of traffic 車輛的隆隆聲
a roar of applause, anger, etc 雷鳴般的掌聲、 怒吼聲等
roars of laughter 哈哈大笑聲. roar, v
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(a) [I, Ipr, Ip]
make such long loud deep sounds 吼叫; 咆哮
tigers roaring in their cages 在籠中吼叫的老虎
roar with laughter, pain, rage, etc 放聲大笑、 痛得大叫、 怒吼
He just roared (ie laughed loudly) when he heard that joke! 他聽了那笑話就哈哈地笑起來.
a roaring (ie large, bright and noisy) fire 熊熊烈火.
(b) [Tn, Tn.p]
~ sth (out) express sth in this way 大聲表達某事物
The crowd roared its approval. 群眾高呼贊成.
roar out an order 高聲發出命令.
2 (idm 習語) roar oneself `hoarse, etc make oneself hoarse, etc by roaring 喊得嗓子發啞等.
3 (phr v) roar along, down, past, etc move in the specified direction making a loud, deep sound 發出洪亮、 深沉的聲音而行、 而去、 而過等
Cars roared past (us). 汽車隆隆地駛過(我們身邊). roar/shout sb down silence a speaker by shouting loudly so that he cannot be heard 大聲喊叫以壓倒某人的講話聲(使其講不下去).