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单词 boation
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boationn.

Brit. /bəʊˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /bəˈweɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin boation-, boatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin boation-, boatio (1629 or earlier) < classical Latin boāt- , past participial stem of boāre to bellow ( < ancient Greek βοᾶν to shout, roar, of uncertain origin) + -iō -ion suffix1.
archaic and rare after early 18th cent.
Bellowing, roaring; a loud bellowing noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > roaring or bellowing > [noun]
reirdc1330
bellowing1393
roaringa1398
routinga1425
whurling1495
rummishing?a1500
roara1522
boation1646
intonation1658
fremitus1820
bellow1827
fremescence1837
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxvii. 142 Whether the large perforations..may not much assist this mugiency or boation . View more context for this quotation
1663 J. Heath Chron. Late Intestine War iv. 812 The Thunder intermitting, as if it staid to receive and answer the reciprocated and ecchoed Boation and clashes of the Guns.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. iii. 134 To send their Mind at great Distances, in a short time, in loud Boations.
1844 S. K. Hoshour Lett. to Esq. Pedant xi. 33 Lachrymations and boations became ubiquitous.
1989 Advertising Age (Nexis) 17 July 52 Bo is a bolide, a brilliant shooting star, making a boation, a thunderous noise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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