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Definition of roaring in English: roaringadjective ˈrɔːrɪŋˈrɔrɪŋ 1attributive Making or uttering a roar. he was greeted everywhere with roaring crowds 他处处受到欢呼人群的迎接。 一条涨水咆哮的河流。 Example sentencesExamples - The colors of the jerseys, contrasting with the sheen of the ice and the roaring crowd, is striking and brilliant.
- With the roaring crowd approving of the result, the owner eagerly signs the band to a regular gig.
- Chastity pulled her hand away quickly, as if the book was a roaring lion.
- One of the most inspiring troupes of the event was the group, who performed before a roaring crowd at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park.
- In his film pieces, he often made use of commercial production techniques or isolated bits of Hollywood films, as when he created a continuous loop of the roaring MGM lion.
- 1.1 (of a fire) burning fiercely and noisily.
（火）旺的，熊熊燃烧的 he sat by the roaring fire Example sentencesExamples - They have this glorious bar with a great big roaring log fire on.
- She liked it best, of course, on those rainy days when we were caught in front of a roaring fireplace.
- A roaring fire inspires lovers and poets, but it's a costly indulgence.
- Almost everyone loves to cozy up to a roaring fire.
- Similar to those old loops local TV stations used to run when they went off the air for the holidays, you too can have your very own roaring holiday fire to impress your family and friends.
- Tis the season to be jolly - to sip hot chocolate and open presents in front of a roaring fire.
- There was a long deep red couch that sat right across the roaring fire.
Synonyms blazing, burning, red-hot - 1.2archaic Behaving or living in a noisy riotous manner.
〈主古〉喧闹的；放纵的 - 1.3 (of a period of time) characterized by prosperity, optimism, and excitement.
（时期）兴旺的；活跃的 兴旺的80年代。 Example sentencesExamples - We see destitute postwar Germany in the roaring 1920s.
- From the roaring 20's to the beaches of Normandy, it has always had a certain panache.
- The cruise ships reached their heyday during the roaring '20s, and then slowly began declining.
2informal attributive Very obviously or unequivocally the thing mentioned (used for emphasis) 〈非正式〉十足的；彻底的（用于强调） last week's 70s night was a roaring success 哈姆雷特上演的最后一周获得了巨大成功。 as submodifier two roaring drunk firemen 两个烂醉如泥的消防队员。 Example sentencesExamples - It was a barnstorming production, a high-octane, rip roaring success.
- To show us that success is ‘hollow,’ we see hollow Patrick a roaring success at 27, a vice president at a major Wall Street firm with a six-figure salary.
- Listening done, Ky walked to a slightly less poisonous tavern and got herself roaring drunk.
- He had started her big, and public reaction had made her a roaring success.
- Last year, his CD became a roaring success and saw the sagging career of another superstar being revived.
- The promoter is confident the Pennington's bill will be a roaring success.
- From a Protestant fundamentalist point of view the church has become a roaring success.
- By that low standard, the current Secretary of Agriculture is a roaring success.
- Based on these criteria, I must judge my experience as a panelist for the film festival group's annual list of notable Canadian films a roaring success.
- Despite the few shortcomings mentioned here and the roaring omission, this new disc from Universal was certainly worth the wait.
- The character of Dash is clearly intended to give young boys an entry point into the film and he is a roaring success, with older sister Violet filling the same part for the female crowd.
- The five-flavor introduction three years ago was a roaring success, he reports.
- The lord's son and his friends got roaring drunk and rode into town.
Synonyms enormous, huge, massive, (very) great, tremendous, terrific complete, unqualified, out-and-out, thorough, unmitigated informal rip-roaring, whopping, thumping, fantastic
Phrasesdo a roaring trade (or business) informal Do very good business. 〈非正式〉生意兴隆 the cafes on the boulevard were doing a roaring trade the food sellers were doing a roaring trade in spiced sausages Example sentencesExamples - Hugely popular black-and-white anti-racism buddy bands - provided by the town council - were on sale and did a roaring trade.
- Pubs throughout the district did a roaring trade, and the marquee at Cartmel Races ran out of beer, half way through Monday's meeting.
- Shops do a roaring trade in Union Jack and St George banners.
- Central streets were packed, shops did a roaring trade, visitors queued to get into attractions and there were not enough rooms to go round for people hoping to stay the night.
- All the usual entertainments - roundabouts and other such things - were there to entice children, and they seemed to be doing a roaring trade.
- All the businesses in Crosshaven are doing a roaring trade.
- Riverside pubs were drunk dry and special market stalls on Quay Meadow did a roaring trade as Sunday's bad weather failed to put the mariners off.
- Thrill-seekers needed to look no further than the rear of the Memorial Hall, where bouncy castles, slides, a bucking bronco and all manner of rides did a roaring trade.
- The army of car washers do a roaring trade in cleaning the interiors too, with many people are happy to leave their car unlocked for them while they go shopping.
- Placed half a mile East, or situated on Church Road it would doubtless do a roaring trade.
Stormy ocean tracts between latitudes 40° and 50° south. Example sentencesExamples - First we get to a beach, Ocean's beach, where the roaring forties waves reach land.
- The active low pressure belt (the roaring forties) and interspersing, migratory anticyclones are too far north to enable a relaxation of their dominance of the country's weather.
- Australia is a big country, stretching from the tropics to the roaring forties, and it has a correspondingly wide range of climates.
- Weather has been at the forefront of the news, with once in a couple of lifetime floods and winds to make the roaring forties seem tame.
Derivativesadverb It was cloudy outside, and thunder cracked roaringly. Example sentencesExamples - After having a roaringly good time hanging out with the ‘Chattopadhyay girls’, we had all-night singing sessions.
- How devoted are we to that sentiment now roaringly popular on the campaign trail, compassion?
- He had a habit of getting roaringly drunk and shouting Hamlet out of his bedroom window.
- It starts out roaringly funny, then turns into something deeply dark.
Rhymesboring, flooring, Goring, riproaring, scoring, shoring Definition of roaring in US English: roaringadjectiveˈrɔrɪŋˈrôriNG 1Making or uttering a loud, deep, or harsh prolonged sound. he was greeted everywhere with roaring crowds 他处处受到欢呼人群的迎接。 一条涨水咆哮的河流。 Example sentencesExamples - With the roaring crowd approving of the result, the owner eagerly signs the band to a regular gig.
- One of the most inspiring troupes of the event was the group, who performed before a roaring crowd at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park.
- The colors of the jerseys, contrasting with the sheen of the ice and the roaring crowd, is striking and brilliant.
- In his film pieces, he often made use of commercial production techniques or isolated bits of Hollywood films, as when he created a continuous loop of the roaring MGM lion.
- Chastity pulled her hand away quickly, as if the book was a roaring lion.
- 1.1 (of a fire) burning fiercely and noisily.
（火）旺的，熊熊燃烧的 Example sentencesExamples - Similar to those old loops local TV stations used to run when they went off the air for the holidays, you too can have your very own roaring holiday fire to impress your family and friends.
- They have this glorious bar with a great big roaring log fire on.
- She liked it best, of course, on those rainy days when we were caught in front of a roaring fireplace.
- There was a long deep red couch that sat right across the roaring fire.
- Almost everyone loves to cozy up to a roaring fire.
- Tis the season to be jolly - to sip hot chocolate and open presents in front of a roaring fire.
- A roaring fire inspires lovers and poets, but it's a costly indulgence.
Synonyms blazing, burning, red-hot - 1.2 (of business) lively; brisk.
cafes that do a roaring trade Example sentencesExamples - Compared to the roaring economy of the mid to late 1990s, and even 2000 to some extent, 2001 has been locked in a funk from the day it started.
- The Sotheby's sale got off to a roaring start when 127 of its first 129 lots found buyers.
- The church hall was a hive of activity with stalls doing a roaring trade.
- The film about Cole Porter is sure to do a roaring $9.3 million at the domestic box office.
- Merchants of washing machines, air-conditioners and satellite dishes are doing a roaring trade.
- They are the fuel that runs the travel business, fulfilling the needs of the millions who annually travel outside Canada and, at the same time, do a roaring business.
- Bradford's post offices are doing a roaring trade in dog licences.
- The pubs did a roaring trade and the pavements were packed.
- 1.3archaic Behaving or living in a noisy riotous manner.
〈主古〉喧闹的；放纵的 - 1.4 (of a period of time) characterized by optimism, buoyancy, or excitement.
（时期）兴旺的；活跃的 兴旺的80年代。 Example sentencesExamples - The cruise ships reached their heyday during the roaring '20s, and then slowly began declining.
- From the roaring 20's to the beaches of Normandy, it has always had a certain panache.
- We see destitute postwar Germany in the roaring 1920s.
2informal Obviously or unequivocally the thing mentioned (used for emphasis) 〈非正式〉十足的；彻底的（用于强调） as submodifier two roaring drunk firemen 两个烂醉如泥的消防队员。 the final week of Hamlet was a roaring success 哈姆雷特上演的最后一周获得了巨大成功。 Example sentencesExamples - Despite the few shortcomings mentioned here and the roaring omission, this new disc from Universal was certainly worth the wait.
- Last year, his CD became a roaring success and saw the sagging career of another superstar being revived.
- The lord's son and his friends got roaring drunk and rode into town.
- The promoter is confident the Pennington's bill will be a roaring success.
- It was a barnstorming production, a high-octane, rip roaring success.
- From a Protestant fundamentalist point of view the church has become a roaring success.
- By that low standard, the current Secretary of Agriculture is a roaring success.
- The character of Dash is clearly intended to give young boys an entry point into the film and he is a roaring success, with older sister Violet filling the same part for the female crowd.
- To show us that success is ‘hollow,’ we see hollow Patrick a roaring success at 27, a vice president at a major Wall Street firm with a six-figure salary.
- The five-flavor introduction three years ago was a roaring success, he reports.
- Listening done, Ky walked to a slightly less poisonous tavern and got herself roaring drunk.
- He had started her big, and public reaction had made her a roaring success.
- Based on these criteria, I must judge my experience as a panelist for the film festival group's annual list of notable Canadian films a roaring success.
Synonyms enormous, huge, massive, great, very great, tremendous, terrific
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