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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++rant /rænt/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  SHOUTto talk or complain in a loud excited and rather confused way because you feel strongly about something 大声激昂地说;怒气冲冲地抱怨rant about She was still ranting about the unfairness of it all. 她仍在怒气冲冲地抱怨这件事不公平。 Why don’t you stop ranting and raving for a minute and listen? 你别大喊大叫的,稍停一会儿,仔细听好吗?rant noun [countable] a 15-minute rant about the evils of modern society 对现代社会的种种弊端长达15分钟的愤怒声讨→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
rantAll that is left for a man with only an ageing cohort of supporters, is to rant.Thompson was ranting about American youth again.Wilson let him rant and clutched Pilade to her.Coach Bill Oates does not rant and rave on the sideline.She ranted and raved for hours.The night staff finally congregated outside my room trying endless combinations of key card whilst I ranted and raved.The actor is ranting, flinging spittle.When Buck and Ratso go to another greasy spoon, a crazy is ranting in the background.She did not rant or rave or otherwise make a spectacle of herself.ranting and ravingOur task is to understand our Ego, so that we can recognise its ranting and raving.Matilda was still ranting and raving against the absent Earl for getting himself captured.Its as if he was ranting and raving when he said it.
Origin rant (1500-1600) Early Dutch ranten
rant verbChinese
complain rather a and Corpus in to talk excited or loud


rant
rant /rænt/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: Early Dutch ranten
to talk or complain in a loud excited and rather confused way because you feel strongly about something
    rant about
    She was still ranting about the unfairness of it all.
    Why don’t you stop ranting and raving for a minute and listen?
—rant noun [countable]:
    a 15-minute rant about the evils of modern society


rantBrE /rænt/ 🔊NAmE /rænt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they rant BrE /rænt/ 🔊 NAmE /rænt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it rants BrE /rænts/ 🔊 NAmE /rænts/ 🔊past simple ranted BrE /ˈræntɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈræntɪd/ 🔊past participle ranted BrE /ˈræntɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈræntɪd/ 🔊 -ing form ranting BrE /ˈræntɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈræntɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (on) (about sth) | ~ at sb | + speech (disapproving) to speak or complain about sth in a loud and/or angry way 怒吼;咆哮;大声抱怨 rant nounˌrant and ˈrave(disapproving) to show that you are angry by shouting or complaining loudly for a long time 气愤地大叫大嚷;大声吵闹

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