raucous
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rau·cous /ˈrɔːkəs $ ˈrɒː-/ adjective 1 CLOUD/NOISYsounding unpleasantly loud 沙哑的，粗嘎的 He burst into raucous laughter. 他突然发出沙哑的笑声。 raucous cheers 刺耳的欢呼声► see thesaurus at loud2 impolite, noisy, and violent 无礼的；嘈杂的；激烈的 A group of raucous students spilled out of the bar. 一群吵闹的学生从酒吧里蜂拥而出。 The atmosphere became increasingly raucous. 气氛越来越喧闹。 —raucously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
raucous• One wonders, indeed, if the raucous atmosphere of other grounds would not be a relief to Thomond Park kickers.• Raucous crowds yelled and cheered.• Then came one of the most raucous exchanges of the convention.• A howl of raucous laughter came from the kitchen.• Some raucous laughter followed the ribald remark.• raucous laughter• No one turned a hair at your raucous laughter.• But penning in this raucous melee are buildings that seem all shutters and grids.• He sat and finished his drink, ignoring the raucous voices from the other end of the bar.• Although Great Groups experience their moments of near despair, they are more often raucous with laughter.raucous laughter• During the movie, though, my audience participation mostly took the form of loud, raucous laughter.• Half way through, Rainbow is ejected from the cinema, after complaints about too much raucous laughter.• He seemed to find the remark hilarious, because he broke into raucous laughter.• No one turned a hair at your raucous laughter.• Some raucous laughter followed the ribald remark.Origin raucous (1700-1800) Latin raucusrau·cous adjectiveChineseSyllable
sounding Corpus loud unpleasantly
raucous
rau‧cous /ˈrɔːkəs $ ˈrɒː-/
adjective
He burst into raucous laughter.
raucous cheers
2. impolite, noisy, and violent:
A group of raucous students spilled out of the bar.
The atmosphere became increasingly raucous.
—raucously adverb
▪ loud making a lot of noise – used about sounds, voices, or music: a loud explosion | He was talking in a very loud voice. | The music was too loud.
▪noisy making a lot of noise – used about people, machines, and places that annoy you: The traffic was so noisy. | noisy neighbours | a noisy bar
▪rowdy rowdy people behave in a noisy and uncontrolled way. A rowdy place such as a bar is full of noisy people, often behaving badly: rowdy football fans | a rowdy bar
▪raucous /ˈrɔːkəs $ ˈrɒː-/ especially written unpleasantly loud – used about the excited sound of groups of people: raucous laughter | raucous crowds
▪resounding [only before noun] used to describe a loud noise when something hits another thing, that seems to continue for a few seconds. Also used about people cheering or shouting loudly: The door hit the wall with a resounding crash. | a resounding cheer
rau‧cous /ˈrɔːkəs $ ˈrɒː-/
adjective Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: raucus
1. sounding unpleasantly loud:Language: Latin
Origin: raucus
2. impolite, noisy, and violent:
—raucously adverb
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