roar

英 [r??] 美[r?r]
  • n. 咆哮；吼；轟鳴
  • vi. 咆哮；吼叫；喧鬧
  • vt. 咆哮；呼喊；使……轟鳴
  • n. (Roar)人名；(挪)羅阿爾
CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中低頻詞核心詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱單數(shù):?roars;過去式:?roared;過去分詞:?roared;現(xiàn)在分詞:?roaring;

助記提示

1. *reu-（擬聲詞根）=》 rut, roar, raucous, rumor, riot.

中文詞源

roar 咆哮，怒吼

擬聲詞，模仿咆哮的聲音。

英文詞源

roar (v.)
Old English rarian "roar, wail, lament, bellow, cry," probably of imitative origin (compare Middle Dutch reeren, German r?hren "to roar;" Sanskrit ragati "barks;" Lithuanian reju "to scold;" Old Church Slavonic revo "I roar;" Latin raucus "hoarse"). Related: Roared; roaring.
roar (n.)
late 14c., from roar (v.) and Old English gerar.

雙語例句

1. Now and then they heard the roar of a heavy truck.
他們不時(shí)地聽到大卡車的轟鳴聲。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A roar of approval resounded through the Ukrainian parliament.
一片贊成聲在烏克蘭議會(huì)中回響。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Local residents saw it plunge towards Earth with a deafening roar.
當(dāng)?shù)氐木用窨匆娝橹宦曊鸲@的巨響撞向地面。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The roar of the crowd stilled to an expectant murmur.
人群的喧嘩平息下來，變成了滿懷期待的低語聲。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds.
地震前有一陣巨大的轟隆聲，持續(xù)了20秒鐘。

來自柯林斯例句