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blare

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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blare /bleə $ bler/ ●○○ (also blare out) verb [intransitive, transitive]  Cto make a very loud unpleasant noise (使)刺耳地大声鸣响 Horns blared in the street outside. 外面街道上汽车喇叭发出刺耳的鸣响。blare noun [singular]
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Examples from the Corpus
blareMore trucks were arriving, many of them with sirens blaring.And outside, you could hear loudspeakers blaring ads and speeches from the candidates.She blared Alejandra Guzman records, went to Roseland regularly owned every Madonna video, including that last nasty one.The music was blaring and the partygoers were dancing.Sirens blared as firefighters raced to the scene.There is nothing electric here, nothing bombastic nor blaring, as this is his first acoustic recording.This procedure would bring the tune to the foreground without the necessity of blaring on the part of the brass.Then the profit-and-loss column of his mind blared out its warning.The radio was blaring out the news that an earthquake had hit just minutes before.
Origin blare (1300-1400) Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English blæran
blare verbChinese
loud unpleasant to Corpus noise a make very


blare
blare /bleə $ bler/ (also blare out) verb [intransitive and transitive]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Origin: Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English blæran
to make a very loud unpleasant noise:
    Horns blared in the street outside.
—blare noun [singular]


blareBrE /bleə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /bler/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they blare BrE /bleə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /bler/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it blares BrE /bleəz/ 🔊 NAmE /blerz/ 🔊past simple blared BrE /bleəd/ 🔊 NAmE /blerd/ 🔊past participle blared BrE /bleəd/ 🔊 NAmE /blerd/ 🔊 -ing form blaring BrE /ˈbleərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈblerɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] to make a loud unpleasant noise 发出响亮而刺耳的声音police cars with lights flashing and sirens blaring警灯闪烁、警笛刺耳的警车~ out Music blared out from the open window. 喧闹的音乐从敞开的窗口传出。🔊🔊~ sth (out) The radio was blaring (out) rock music.收音机在高声播放着嘈杂的摇滚乐。
blareBrE /bleə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /bler/ 🔊 noun [singular] a loud unpleasant noise 响亮刺耳的声音the blare of car horns汽车喇叭的刺耳声