in a rage• She stalked around the House of Mandru as if she was always in a rage about something.• He rushed away in a rage of disappointment.• She threw open the door in a rage and confronted Ellis.• To my consternation Trondur explodedin rage.• I went home in a rage.• In fact he is in a rage.• She is in a rage, her face white, fistsclenched.• Sabine Jourdain had faced Tim in a rage and Sabine Jourdain was dead.
rage2 verb
1ANGRY[intransitiveI, transitiveT] written to feel very angry about something and show this in the way you behave or speak 发怒;怒斥
rage at/against
He was sorry he had raged at her earlier.
他后悔之前对她发了火。
‘How was I to know!’ Jenny raged.
“我怎么会知道!”珍妮怒道。
2CONTINUE/NOT STOP[intransitiveI] if something such as a battle, a disagreement, or a storm rages, it continues with great violence or strong emotions 〔战斗、争论〕激烈进行;〔暴风雨〕肆虐
Civil war has been raging in the country for years.
该国内战已持续多年。
A debate is raging about what form pensions should take.
对于养老金应采用何种形式,正在进行一场激辩。
Outside, a storm was raging.
屋外,暴风雨肆虐。
rage on
The battle raged on (=continued).
战斗仍在激烈进行。
3[intransitiveI] if a fire or illness rages, it spreadsfast and is hard to control 〔火灾或疾病〕迅速蔓延,快速扩散
The fire raged for twelve hours and fifteen people died.
大火肆虐了12个小时,造成15人死亡。
A great cholera epidemic raged across Europe in 1831.
1831 年欧洲各地霍乱肆虐。
4[intransitiveI] informal to have fun with a group of people in a wild and uncontrolled way 狂欢
rage at/against• And felt an icyrage against all women who would use me.• For Sycorax was filled with rage at her condition.• The rage at our families, our lovers, our teachers was staggering.• Feeling helpless and angry they rage at the child, throwing temper tantrums themselves.• Ferguson raged at the fourthofficial when he indicated four minutes of stoppage time, insisting that it should have been 14.• Wilson's own insides contracted at the thought and she raged against the injustice of such a thing.
-rage /reɪdʒ/ suffix [in nouns]
road-rage/air-rage etcwhen someone becomes extremely angry and violent while they are driving, on a plane etc 公路/空中等暴怒