raucous

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rau·cous /ˈrɔːkəs $ ˈrɒː-/ adjectiveadj

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 loud

2 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 adverbadv

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 raucus

rau·cous adjectiveadj

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