rage1 /reɪdʒ/ ●●○ noun1 ANGRY[countableC, uncountableU] a strong feeling of uncontrollable anger 盛怒,狂怒Sobbing with rage, Carol was taken to the hospital. 卡羅爾氣得嗚嗚哭,被送往醫院。
in a rageSam became quite frightening when he was in a rage. 薩姆發火的時候很嚇人。
cry/scream/roar etc of rageJust then, she heard Mr Evan’s bellow of rage. 就在那時,她聽到埃文先生一聲怒吼。
red/dark/purple with rageHis face was red with rage. 他氣得滿臉通紅。
trembling/shaking with rageForester stared at his car, trembling with rage. 福裏斯特盯着他的汽車,氣得渾身發抖。
seething/incandescent with rage (=as angry as a person can possibly be) 怒不可遏Animal rights supporters were incandescent with rage. 動物權利保護者怒不可遏。
Richens was 17 when he flew into a rage and stabbed another teenager. 裏琴斯17歲那年一怒之下捅了一名少年。
2 be all the rage informalFASHIONABLE to be very popular or fashionable 流行,風靡一時DiCaprio became all the rage after starring in the film ‘Titanic’. 迪卡普裏奧主演了電影《泰坦尼克號》之後迅速走紅。
3 rage for something FASHIONABLEa situation in which something is very popular or fashionable 某事物的流行5the rage for mobile phones移動電話的流行
nThe rage for cycling has been growing.
n COLLOCATIONSverbsshake/tremble with rageHis wife was shaking with rage.
seethe with rageThe injustice of it made Melissa seethe with rage.
cry with rageI was crying with rage and frustration.
explode with rage (also fly into a rage) (=suddenly become very angry)She knew her father would explode with rage if he found out.
phrasesbe in a rageMoran was in a rage about some tools that had been left out in the rain.
be speechless with rageSpeechless with rage, he hurled the letter in the fire before storming out.
be beside yourself with rage (=be so angry that you cannot control yourself)They had been publicly humiliated and were beside themselves with rage.
be incandescent with rage formal (=be extremely angry)The Queen was incandescent with rage.
be white with rageI could see she was white with rage.
somebody's face is dark/red/purple with rageHis face went purple with rage.
somebody's face is twisted/contorted with rageMike's usually calm face was contorted with rage.
a fit of rageIn a fit of rage, he seized the poor man by the shoulders and shouted at him.
a cry/howl/bellow etc of rageShe remembered his cries of rage as he was taken away.
tears of rageHer eyes were now full of tears of rage.
adjectivesa jealous rageHe killed his wife in a jealous rage.
a drunken rageHe smashed up his former girlfriend's car in a drunken rage.
a blind/uncontrollable rage (=extreme uncontrolled anger that makes someone violent)He lashed out in a blind rage.
murderous rage (=anger that makes someone capable of murder)Captain Black was in a murderous rage.
a towering rage (=extremely angry)He was in a towering rage.