roar

Word family

roar1 /rɔː $ rɔːr/ verb → raw

1 [intransitiveI]LOW SOUND OR VOICE to make a deep, very loud noise 吼叫，呼啸 → growl

We heard a lion roar.

我们听到狮子在吼叫。

The engines roared.

引擎轰鸣。

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SHOUT to shout something in a deep powerful voice 咆哮，大声喊叫

‘Get out of my house!’ he roared.

“从我家里滚出去！”他吼道。

The crowd roared in delight.

人群高兴地叫喊。

► see thesaurus at shout

3 [intransitiveI]LAUGH to laugh loudly and continuously 哄笑，大笑，狂笑

By this time, Michael was roaring with laughter.

这时迈克尔已经在狂笑了。

4 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]TTC if a vehicle roars somewhere, it moves very quickly and noisily 〔车辆〕轰鸣着疾驶

The car roared off down the road.

汽车呼啸而去。

5 roar back phrasal verbphr v if a competitor or team that was losing roars back, they start performing much better – used in sports reports 〔比赛中落后的一方〕重振旗鼓〔用于体育报道〕

In the second half Leeds came roaring back with two goals in five minutes.

下半场利兹队重振旗鼓，五分钟内连进两球。

Examples from the Corpus

roar back• With a perversity that the pest has become known for, the gypsy moth came roaring back a couple of years later.• Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he hadn't come roaring back by 1992.• Oakland collected 11 penalties to roar back into the league lead, with 86.• The County Ground fans were in despair but Swindon roared back with 2 goals in 6 minutes.• Still, the ritzy Back Bay has come roaring back, with historic row houses selling in the millions again.• The pace the pattern was set seconds later, as Oxford roared back with their first attack.• City roared back with tries from Kirkup and Kevin McCallum but it was too late.

came roaring back• With a perversity that the pest has become known for, the gypsy moth came roaring back a couple of years later.

Examples from the Corpus

roar• "You idiot!" he roared.• Balfour slammed his canary-yellow, industrial vacuum truck into gear and roared after the varmint in a cloud of choking brown dust.• Traffic roared along the highway.• The Ferrari roared and shot off down the road.• Audience response is shattering - like a massive, roaring animal.• The wind howled and the surf continued to roar as we explored beyond our landing point; we visited a ruined chapel.• Without hesitation, the assembled citizens roared assent.• "Get down and don't move, '' the man roared at her.• This was what it must be like on a toboggan roaring down the snowy slope of a mountainside.• The lions roared in their cages.• "I don't need to listen to this, " roared Maxie.• Soon they were between vertical walls and the river was roaring mud.• Suddenly the teacher roared my name across the classroom.• They stopped at the Zebra Crossing and Pete watched the big lorries and buses and cars roar past.• There was the sound of a siren and several police cars roared past.• The wind roared through the forest.• The winds shifted and the fire, jumping from treetop to treetop, roared toward them.• I stood by the waterfall, almost hypnotised by the roaring water.

roaring with laughter• One minute they were sitting there looking self-conscious and the next they were roaring with laughter.• Six monologues and a comic song to finish with had the audience roaring with laughter.• Then he rather undercut the room's prim pity for him by roaring with laughter.• And he kept roaring with laughter all the way through the set - well, what we managed to do of it.

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