raging

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rag·ing /ˈreɪdʒɪŋ/ adjectiveadj [only before noun]

1 STRONG FEELING OR BELIEFvery great and hard to control 强烈的

a raging appetite

极强的食欲

I was in a raging temper.

我非常愤怒。

2 continuing strongly and showing no signs of ending 激烈的；没完没了的

a raging debate

激烈的辩论

raging inflation

不断加剧的通货膨胀

The show was a raging success.

这个节目获得了巨大的成功。

3 VERYa raging headache etc is very painful 〔头痛等〕剧烈的

Richard developed a raging headache and had to lie down.

理查德头痛得厉害，不得不躺下。

a raging fever (=a very high body temperature)

高烧

4 DNFAST/QUICKcontinuing or moving with great natural force 〔自然力量〕猛烈的

a raging storm

狂风暴雨

a raging sea

汹涌的大海

The fire had become a raging blaze.

大火熊熊燃烧起来。

Examples from the Corpus

raging• Spencer immediately got into a raging argument with her teammates.• Taken in and taught by rancher Turnstall, he turns into a raging avenger when Turnstall is shot.• He entered in the midst of a raging dispute about whether the endowment deserved to exist at all.• Having emptied my stomach into the Banda Sea, I had a raging hunger.• Now their raging passions looked like tearing asunder one of the strongest rigs in the North Sea.• His magnificent grey velvet suit seemed to be floating aimlessly in a raging sea, as if petrified in the expectation of waking.• First he developed a raging temperature, then he became delirious and couldn't recognize people.• a raging thirst• A quiet river on a summer's day may be a raging torrent in February.• The defeat opened the sluice gates and venom flowed through in raging torrents.

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