单词 | raucous |
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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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