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Riot Meaning Recorded Roar French Riote Latin Dispute

正面 4896.riot
英 ['raɪət]美 ['raɪət]

背面
释义:
n. 暴乱;放纵;蔓延vi. 骚乱;放荡vt. 浪费,挥霍n. (Riot)人名;(法)里奥;(西)里奥特
例句:
1. Twelve inmates have been killed during a riot at the prison.12名犯人在一场监狱暴乱中被杀害。

1. *reu-(拟声词根)=》 rut, roar, raucous, rumor, riot.2. roar, rut => riot.3. 谐音“来殴他、乱殴他”。
riot 暴乱,骚乱来自古法语 riote,争论,争吵,词源不详。可能来自拉丁语 riota,争辩,争吵,暴乱,骚乱, 来自 rugire,怒吼,嚎叫,拟声词,词源同 rut,rutting.
riot (n.)c. 1200, "debauchery, extravagance, wanton living," from Old French riote (12c.) "dispute, quarrel, (tedious) talk, chattering, argument, domestic strife," also a euphemism for "sexual intercourse," of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin riota "quarrel, dispute, uproar, riot." Perhaps from Latin rugire "to roar." Meaning "public disturbance" is first recorded late 14c. Meaning "something spectacularly successful" first recorded 1909 in theater slang. Run riot is first recorded 1520s, a metaphoric extension from Middle English meaning in reference to hounds following the wrong scent. The Riot Act, part of which must be read to a mob before active measures can be taken, was passed 1714 (1 Geo. I, st.2, c.5). Riot girl and alternative form riot grrl first recorded 1992.riot (v.)late 14c., "behave in a dissolute manner, engage in loose revelry," from Old French rioter "chatter, dispute, quarrel," from riote (see riot (n.)). Meaning "take part in a public disturbance" is from 1755. Related: Rioted; rioting."

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