Clamor
来自我不喜欢考试-知识库
目录 |
[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n. / v.吵闹, 喧哗
- [英] n. / v.吵闹, 喧哗 ( a loud, sustained noise)
- [记] clam ( 喊) +or
- [同] 同根词: proclamation ( 宣言) ; reclaim ( 回收, 开垦)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
I. noun
- Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French clamour, from Latin clamor, from clamare to cry out — more at claim
- Date: 14th century
- 1.
- a. noisy shouting
- b. a loud continuous noise
- 2. insistent public expression (as of support or protest) clamor against increased taxes
II. verb (clamored; clamoring)
- Date: 14th century
- intransitive verb
- 1. to make a din
- 2. to become loudly insistent <clamored for his impeachment
- transitive verb
- 1. to utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
- 2. to influence by means of clamor
III. transitive verb
- Etymology: origin unknown
- Date: 1611
- obsolete silence