n. 吼, 咆哮, 轰鸣

vi. 吼, 大声说出, 叫喊, 喧闹

vt. 呼喊, 使轰鸣

Roar \Roar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roared}; p. pr. & vvb. n.
{Roaring}.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[=a]rian; akin to G.
r["o]hten, OHG. r?r?n. [root]112.]
1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically:
(a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or
other beast.

Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
--Spenser.
(b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.

Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief
Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
--Dryden.

He scorned to roar under the impressions of a
finite anger. --South.

2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing
vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or
the like.

The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
--Milton.

How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
--Gay.

3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.

It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
--Bp. Burnet.

4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers
roared at his jokes.

5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a
certain disease. See {Roaring}, 2.

{Roaring boy}, a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the
latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows
who raised disturbances in the street. ``Two roaring boys
of Rome, that made all split.'' --Beau. & Fl.

{Roaring forties} (Naut.), a sailor's name for the stormy
tract of ocean between 40[deg] and 50[deg] north latitude.


Roar \Roar\, v. t.
To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.

This last action will roar thy infamy. --Ford.


Roar \Roar\, n.
The sound of roaring. Specifically:
(a) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a
lion.
(b) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.
(c) A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a
cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.

Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening roar!
--Byron.
(d) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.

Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant roar
of laughter. --Macaulay.