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Roar Raucous Latin English Rɔ:Kəs A.(声音)沙哑的,粗糙的 英 Adj.(声音)沙哑的

单词 raucous
音标 ['rɔ:kəs]
解释 a.(声音)沙哑的,粗糙的
红宝书 【英】 adj.(声音)沙哑的, 粗糙的(disagreeably harsh or strident; hoarse)
【记】 rauc(=hoarse 沙哑的)+ous
【例】 Her voice is rather raucous.
字源 raucous (adj.)
1769, from Latin raucus "hoarse" (also source of French rauque, Spanish ronco, Italian rauco), related to ravus "hoarse," from PIE echoic base *reu- "make hoarse cries" (cognates: Sanskrit rayati "barks," ravati "roars;" Greek oryesthai "to howl, roar;" Latin racco "a roar;" Old Church Slavonic rjevo "I roar;" Lithuanian rekti "roar;" Old English rarian "to wail, bellow"). Middle English had rauc in the same sense, from the same source.
不择手段背单词 dj. 沙哑的(声音粗重, 低沉的)
【记】读: 我咳嗽-沙哑的
【反】melodious(adj 音调优美的)
趣味全助记 【记】音:热,嚷渴死→热得,嚷得喉咙干渴→沙哑;音:嚷咳嗽,嗓子咳嗽后嘶哑的声音
【相关】hoarse (音:吼嘶)嘶哑的

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