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单词 rowdily
释义
rowdyrow‧dy1 /ˈraʊdi/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINrowdy1
Origin:
1800-1900 Perhaps from row ‘unpleasant noise’ (18-21 centuries)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a rowdy fraternity party
  • Our fans may be a little rowdy, but they don't throw things.
  • People living near the football stadium complain about litter and rowdy fans.
  • The meeting was a somewhat rowdy affair.
  • They were thrown out of the bar for rowdy behaviour.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A group of three men including, he said, the appellant, were being rowdy.
  • But like a lot of his rowdy friends, he is settling down.
  • He seemed to think that the others were too rowdy, too greedy.
  • Like teenagers the world over, they were energetic, challenging, rowdy, sometimes lazy and always questioning.
  • No kin to speak of, except for that rowdy bunch in Ireland, of course.
  • The women at the sidelines of the rugby match had become very rowdy indeed.
  • There had been eight of them, a jolly, rowdy party in the respectable Southsea restaurant.
  • When they were rowdy and rude, I kept whole classes for detention.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
making a lot of noise – used about sounds, voices, or music: · a loud explosion· He was talking in a very loud voice.· The music was too loud.
making a lot of noise – used about people, machines, and places that are too loud: · The traffic was so noisy.· noisy neighbours· a noisy bar
rowdy people behave in a noisy and uncontrolled way. A rowdy place such as a bar is full of noisy people, often behaving badly: · rowdy football fans· a rowdy bar
especially written unpleasantly loud – used about the excited sound of groups of people: · raucous laughter· raucous crowds
[only before noun] used to describe a loud noise when something hits another thing, that seems to continue for a few seconds. Also used about people cheering or shouting loudly: · The door hit the wall with a resounding crash.· a resounding cheer
Longman Language Activatorloud
something that is loud makes a lot of noise: · The music's too loud. Can you turn it down?· Three seconds later there was a loud bang and the hall was filled with smoke.· The boy gave a loud cry of pain.
use this about places where there is a lot of noise, or about people and machines that make a lot of noise, especially when this annoys you: · The nightclub was crowded and noisy.· Their lives are being ruined by noisy neighbours.· People started to complain about his noisy motorbike.
a crowd that is rowdy makes too much noise and behaves badly: · They were thrown out of the bar for rowdy behaviour.· People living near the football stadium complain about litter and rowdy fans.· The meeting was a somewhat rowdy affair.
: raucous voice/laugh etc a voice, laugh etc that is loud, rough and uncontrolled: · A howl of raucous laughter came from the kitchen.· He sat and finished his drink, ignoring the raucous voices from the other end of the bar.
: booming voice/laugh etc a voice, laugh etc that is very loud and deep: · The speaker's booming voice easily reached the back of the theatre.· His booming laugh echoed around the room.
behaving in a noisy rough way that is likely to cause arguments and fighting:  gangs of rowdy youths see thesaurus at loudrowdily adverbrowdiness noun [uncountable]rowdyism noun [uncountable]
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