Blare



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 高声鸣叫
• ［英］ v. 高声鸣叫 ( to sound trumpetlike tones)
• ［记］ 和bleat（牛羊的叫声）来自同一词源
• ［例］ The radio is blaring, turn it off.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (blared; blaring)

• Etymology: Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blēren to shout
• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • to sound loud and strident <radios blaring>
• transitive verb
  • 1. to sound or utter raucously <sat blaring the car horn>
  • 2. to proclaim flamboyantly <headlines blared his defeat>

II. noun

• Date: 1795
• 1. a loud strident noise
• 2. dazzling often garish brilliance
• 3. flamboyance

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