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单词 roaring forties
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forty /förˈti/

noun and adjective

Four times ten

noun

(with cap and the) the French Academy

ORIGIN: OE fēowertig, from fēower four, and -tig ten (as sfx)

forˈties plural noun

  1. The numbers forty to forty-nine
  2. The years so numbered (of a life or century)
  3. A range of temperature from forty to just less than fifty degrees
  4. (with cap and the) the sea area lying between NE Scotland and SW Norway, with a minimum depth of 40 fathoms

forˈtieth adjective

  1. The last of forty
  2. Next after the thirty-ninth
  3. Equal to one of forty equal parts
noun
  1. One of forty equal parts
  2. A person or thing in fortieth position

forˈtyish adjective

Apparently about forty years old

forˈty-fiveˈ noun

  1. A gramophone record played at a speed of 45 revolutions per minute
  2. (with cap and the) the Jacobite rebellion of 1745

forˈty-ninˈer noun

A prospector in the 1849 gold rush in California

forty-ninth parallel noun

The parallel of latitude 49ºN, along which lies part of the border between the USA and Canada

forty winks plural noun (informal)

A short nap, esp after dinner

roaring forties

The tract of stormy west winds south of 40ºS latitude (occasionally also in the Atlantic north of 40ºN)

roar /rōr or rör/

intransitive verb
  1. To make a full, loud, hoarse, low-pitched sound, as a lion, fire, wind, the sea, cannon, etc
  2. To bellow
  3. To bawl
  4. To guffaw
  5. (of a diseased horse) to take in breath with a loud noise
  6. To behave in a riotous, bullying, noisy manner (obsolete)
  7. To rush forward with loud noise from the engine
transitive verb
  1. To utter vociferously
  2. To shout (encouragement, abuse, etc)
  3. To encourage by shouting (esp with on)
noun

A sound of roaring

ORIGIN: OE rārian; but partly from MDu roer stir, disturbance

roarˈer noun

  1. A person who roars
  2. A horse that roars as a result of disease
  3. A roaring boy (obsolete)

roarˈing noun

  1. The action of the verb in any sense
  2. A disease of horses marked by roaring
adjective
  1. Uttering or emitting roars
  2. Riotous
  3. Proceeding with very great activity or success

roarˈingly adverb

roarˈy or roarˈie adjective (Scot)

  1. Noisy
  2. Garish, too bright

roaring boy noun (obsolete)

A boisterous bullying reveller, swaggerer or brawler

roaring drunk adjective

Very drunk (and typically rowdy)

roaring forties see under forty

do a roaring trade

To do very brisk and profitable business

the roaring game

Curling
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