单词 | roaring |
释义 | roaring —roaringly, adv. /rawr"ing, rohr"-/, n. 1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars. 2. a loud, deep cry or sound or a series of such sounds. 3. Vet. Pathol. a disease of horses, caused by respiratory obstruction or vocal cord paralysis, and characterized by loud or rough breathing sounds. adj. 4. making or causing a roar, as an animal or thunder. 5. brisk or highly successful, as trade: He did a roaring business selling watches to tourists. 6. characterized by noisy, disorderly behavior; boisterous; riotous: roaring revelry. 7. complete; utter; out-and-out: a roaring idiot; a roaring success. adv. 8. very; extremely: roaring drunk. [bef. 1000; ME roryng (n., adj.), OE rarung (n.). See ROAR, -ING1, -ING2] |
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