| 单词 | roaring boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroaring boy roaring boy n. now historical (frequently in plural) a man or boy given to or characterized by noisy, riotous, or drunken behaviour.Common in the 17th and early 18th centuries, often as a stock character in drama. Cf. roarer n.1 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > reckless or riotous > person > collectively, in seventeenth century roaring boy1611 oatmealc1639 1611 J. Davies Scourge Folly 152 The diuell is..nere dead while Roring boyes do liue. 1631 D. Lloyd Legend Capt. Iones 7 The townsmen where he comes their wives do swive all,..In hope to get such roaring boyes as hee. 1641 (title) Roaring boyes in Elizium. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 23 Your Roaring Boys who every one quails, Fights, Domineers, Swaggers, and rails. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 20 You would meet some roaring, rare boys, i' faith. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. viii. 208 These were the ‘roaring boys’ who met in hedge ale-houses. 1895 A. M. Earle Margaret Winthrop ii. 44 Its [sc. London's] streets swarmed night and day with quarrelling, drunken bullies, called roaring boys. 1998 Internat. Encycl. Dance (Online text) at Masque and Antimasque [Grotesque characters]..including such diverse beings as..errant pilgrims, mountebanks,..roaring boys. < as lemmas |
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