释义 |
rave1 /rāv/ intransitive verb- To rage
- To talk as if mad or delirious
- To write or speak with extreme enthusiasm (with about or over; informal)
- To attend a rave
transitive verb To utter wildly noun- Infatuation (informal)
- Extravagant praise (informal)
- A rave-up (informal)
- A mass gathering of young people to dance to loud music under bright flashing lights, often associated with the use of certain drugs, esp Ecstasy
adjective (informal)- Extravagantly enthusiastic
- Crazy
ORIGIN: Perh OFr raver, which may be from L rabere to rave rāˈver noun - A person who raves
- A lively, uninhibited person (informal)
rāˈving noun and adjective rāˈvingly adverb raveˈ-up noun (informal) - A lively celebration
- A wild, uninhibited, thoroughly enjoyable party
raving mad adjective - Frenzied
- Very angry (informal)
rave2 /rāv/ noun A side piece of a wagon ORIGIN: Ety obscure rave3 /rāv/ (Scot) pat of rive rive /rīv/ (poetic or archaic) transitive verb (pat rīved or (Scot) rave /rāv/; pap riven /rivˈn/ or rived /rīvd/, also Spenser rive /riv/ and Keats raft)- To tear apart
- To tear
- To rend
- To split
- To discharge as if with rending (Shakespeare)
- To pierce (obsolete)
- To plough up (Scot)
intransitive verb- To tug, tear
- To split
ORIGIN: ON rīfa |