Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - roaring
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Roaring
roaring
~ adj 1 only before noun making a deep, very loud, continuous noise (the roaring wind and waves) 2 roaring fire a roaring fire burns with a lot of flames and heat 3 do a roaring trade (in) BrE informal to sell a lot of something very quickly 4 be a roaring success BrE to be extremely successful (The new musical has been a roaring success.) 5 roaring drunk BrE very drunk and noisy
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1. A roaring fire has large flames and is sending out a lot of heat. ADJ: ADJ n 2. If something is a roaring success, it is very successful indeed. The government’s first effort to privatize a company has been a roaring success. = resounding ADJ: ADJ n 3. see also roar 4. If someone does a roaring trade in a type of goods, they sell a lot of them. Salesmen of unofficial souvenirs have also been doing a roaring trade. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. making or characterized by a sound resembling a roar ; loud ~ applause 2. marked by prosperity especially of a temporary nature ; booming 3. great in intensity or degree in the ~ heat a ~ success • ~ly adverb II. adverb Date: 1697 extremely was ~ hungry — Herman Wouk III. noun Date: circa 1823 noisy inhalation in a horse especially upon exercising that is caused by paralysis and muscular atrophy of part of the larynx ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. in senses of ROAR v. Phrases and idioms roaring drunk very drunk and noisy. roaring forties stormy ocean tracts between lat. 40° and 50° S. roaring trade (or business) very brisk trade or business. roaring twenties the decade of the 1920s (with ref. to its postwar buoyancy). Derivatives roaringly adv. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. рев, шум, грохот, гул the roaring of the wind —- шум ветра 2. вет. запал 3. шумный, бурный; громкий roaring night —- бурная ночь; бурно проведенная ночь roaring applause —- бурные аплодисменты roaring voice —- громовой голос 4. редк. буйный, разгульный 5. процветающий; оживленный roaring trade —- процветающая (оживленная) торговля in roaring health —- отличного здоровья 6. в грам. знач. нареч.: эмоц-усил. очень, чрезвычайно roaring drunk —- пьяный в стельку roaring hungry —- голодный как волк Id: the roaring forties —- ревущие сороковые (широты) (Атлантический океан между 40-м и 50-м градусом южной широты) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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forties бурная зона Атлантики (39-50? сев. широты) ROARING 1. noun 1) рев; свист; шум 2) vet. запал (болезнь лошадей) 2. adj. 1) шумный, бурный 2) живой; кипучий; roaring trade - оживленная торговля ...Англо-русский словарь
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