rave
verb[I]
uk/reɪv/us/reɪv/raveverb[I](SPEAK FOOLISHLY)
tospeakin anuncontrolledway, usually because you areupsetorangry, or because you areill:
（通常指因为心烦、愤怒或生病而）语无伦次，胡言乱语，说胡话He's always raving(on)aboutthegovernment.他总是语无伦次地大骂政府。
She wasrantingandravingaboutsomeimaginedinsult.她臆想有人侮辱她便大骂大叫。
Talking angrily
- bite
- bitesomeone'shead offidiom
- bite/snapsomeone'shead offidiom
- bluster
- dress
- dress down
- edge
- fling
- givesomeonea piece of your mindidiom
- harangue
- hit
- hue
- huff
- invective
- jump
- piece
- rant
- spit
- spit blood/venomidiom
- tongue-lashing
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Ways of talking
raveverb[I](PRAISE)
informal
topraisesomething very much:
赞不绝口；极力赞扬；热烈吹捧She ravedabout/overtheclothesshe hadseenat theParisfashionshows.她对巴黎时装展上展出的服装赞不绝口。
to praise someone or something
- praiseLawmakers praised the bipartisan deal.
- congratulateI congratulated him on passing his driving test.
- complimentI was just complimenting Robert on the wonderful meal he has cooked.
- commendThe judge commended her for her bravery.
- pay tribute toHe paid tribute to the firefighters who had saved his daughter's life.
- flatterI knew he was only flattering me because he wanted to borrow some money.
Praising and applauding
- acclaim
- acclamation
- accolade
- adulate
- adulation
- cheer
- dispatch
- eulogistic
- eulogize
- eulogy
- exalt
- extol
- honour
- paean
- panegyric
- panegyrical
- panegyrist
- patsomeoneon the backidiom
- praise
- slap
rave
adjective[before noun]
informaluk/reɪv/us/reɪv/admiringand giving a lot ofpraise:
狂热褒评的，大加赞扬的，捧上天的The show hasreceivedravereviews/noticesin all thepapers.这场演出受到所有报纸的高度评价／吸引了所有报纸的注意并得到热情洋溢的报道。
Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- aflame
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutteridiom
- amped
- animated
- entranced
- evangelical
- evangelistic
- excited
- excitedly
- fevered
- go ahead
- heartily
- make (all) the right, correct, etc. noisesidiom
- mood
- nuts
- omnivorous
- on the edge ofyourseatidiom
- zestfully
rave
noun[C]
mainlyUKinformaluk/reɪv/us/reɪv/aneventwhereyoungpeopledancetomodernelectronicmusicand sometimes takeillegaldrugs:
（年轻人随着现代电子音乐跳舞且有时吸毒的）狂欢聚会，锐舞派对anall-night/open-airrave通宵／露天狂欢聚会
ravemusic狂欢聚会舞曲
Celebrations, parties & special occasions
- afterparty
- April Fool's Day
- baby shower
- bachelor party
- backslapping
- dinner
- dinner dance
- Easter egg hunt
- fayre
- feast
- masked ball
- masquerade
- mela
- Mother's Day
- New Year's Eve
- tea party
- trick-or-treating
- Valentine's Day
- wassail
- wassailer