Rave



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. / v.热切赞扬; 倾倒
• ［英］ n. / v.热切赞扬 ( an extravagantly favorable criticism) ; 倾倒 ( talk irrationally indelirium)
• ［类］ 反义词: pan ( 严厉批评)
• ［例］ All the girls raved about the new singer.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (raved; raving)

• Etymology: Middle English
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium
    • b. to speak out wildly
    • c. to talk with extreme enthusiasm <raved about its beauty>
  • 2. to move or advance violently ; storm <the iced gusts still rave and beat — John Keats>
• transitive verb
  • to utter in madness or frenzy

II. noun

• Date: 1598
• 1. an act or instance of raving
• 2. an extravagantly favorable criticism <the play received the critics' raves>
• 3. a large overnight dance party featuring techno music and usually involving the taking of mind-altering drugs

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