每日单词: raucous

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raucous

[RAUCOUS]

英 ['rɔːkəs] 美 ['rɔːkəs]

adj.沙哑的；粗声的；刺耳的

◉词源

Raucous（喧闹的、刺耳的）约于1760年代进入英语，源自拉丁语 raucus（嘶哑的、粗糙的）。最初描述声音“粗哑”，后扩展为“喧闹无序、刺耳吵闹”。演变过程：从生理“声音嘶哑”逐步转向描述混乱、响亮的氛围或行为。无明显前缀；词根 rauc-（嘶哑、粗糙，PIE reu- “吼叫、咆哮”）；后缀 -ous（表示充满……的）。

◉外刊例句

① The New York Times, 2023:

London parties so raucous that their neighbors complained to the newspapers...

伦敦派对如此喧闹，以至于邻居向报纸投诉……

② The New York Times, 2024:

through the raucous cheering one glimpses a better way of dealing with drug and alcohol abuse.

《纽约时报》，2024年：“透过喧闹的欢呼，人们瞥见了一种更好的应对毒品和酒精滥用的方式。

◉经典名著

Willa Cather, My Ántonia:

...the last notes of the piano may have been raucous and gay.

……钢琴的最后几个音符可能是喧闹而欢快的。

◉ Usage Examples

(1) I heard sounds of raucous laughter upstairs.

(2) His raucous laughters irritated me.

(3) He speaks in a deep and raucous voice.

(1) 我听见楼上传来沙哑的笑声。

(2) 他那粗哑的笑声令人头痛。

(3) 他讲话浊声浊气的。

◉ Usage Notes

Raucous means unpleasantly loud, or behaving in a noisy and disorderly way. It can be hard to give an oral report in the front of a classroom when the kids in the back are being raucous.

Raucous is often used to refer to loud laughter, loud voices, or a loud party, all of which can be harsh or unpleasant. Near synonyms are strident and rowdy. This adjective is from Latin raucus "hoarse." Think of raucous as people whose hoarseness can't come on too soon.

◉柯林斯词典

1. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]喧闹的；嘶哑的；刺耳的 A raucous sound is loud, harsh, and rather unpleasant. [usu ADJ n]

They heard a bottle being smashed, then more raucous laughter.

他们听见酒瓶摔碎的声音，然后是一阵更喧闹的笑声。

...the raucous cries of the seabirds.

海鸟喧闹的叫声

...a raucous crowd of 25,000 delirious fans.

25,000名疯狂粉丝组成的喧闹人群

raucously

They laughed together raucously.

他们一起放声大笑，声音很刺耳。