- 1哄堂大笑的、鬧哄哄的；也指（表演、聚會）非常爆笑、超嗨。
Uproarious describes something so noisy with laughter or shouting that it fills the whole room. It splits into two everyday uses.
Uproarious describes something so noisy with laughter or shouting that it fills the whole room形容笑聲或叫喊聲吵到整個房間都被填滿。It splits into two everyday uses日常用法可以分成兩種。
First, about the noise itself: uproarious laughter, uproarious applause, uproarious cheers — loud, sudden, from many people together. Second, about the thing that causes the noise: an uproarious comedy, an uproarious party, an uproarious night out. In this second use it has drifted to mean simply 'extremely funny' or 'wildly lively', and the noise is only implied.
First, about the noise itself第一種,講的是聲音本身: uproarious laughter, uproarious applause, uproarious cheers像 uproarious laughter、uproarious applause、uproarious cheers — loud, sudden, from many people together又大聲又突然,很多人一起發出的。Second, about the thing that causes the noise第二種,講的是引起這種聲音的東西: an uproarious comedy, an uproarious party, an uproarious night out像 an uproarious comedy、an uproarious party、an uproarious night out。In this second use it has drifted to mean simply 'extremely funny' or 'wildly lively'在第二種用法裡,它已經變成單純指「超好笑」或「超嗨」, and the noise is only implied聲音本身只是被暗示,不是重點。
Notice that unlike the noun uproar, uproarious is almost always happy. Uproar can be a country furious about a scandal; uproarious is a theatre shaking with laughter. If you want the angry meaning, the adjective does not carry it.
Notice that unlike the noun uproar要注意,跟名詞 uproar 不一樣, uproarious is almost always happyuproarious 幾乎總是正面、快樂的。Uproar can be a country furious about a scandaluproar 可以是整個國家對一件醜聞的憤怒; uproarious is a theatre shaking with laughteruproarious 則是一整個劇場笑到快震動。If you want the angry meaning, the adjective does not carry it如果你要的是憤怒的意思,這個形容詞沒有這個意思。
It is a slightly formal, written-feeling word — love it — so it appears more in a newspaper's arts pages than in conversation, where people would just say 'hilarious' or 'wild'.
It is a slightly formal, written-feeling word這是個稍微正式、有書面感的字 — reviewers love it評論家很愛用它 — so it appears more in a newspaper's arts pages than in conversation所以它出現在報紙藝文版的機率比出現在對話裡高, where people would just say 'hilarious' or 'wild'日常對話裡大家會直接說 'hilarious' 或 'wild'。
core核心畫面
組成uproar + -ious, an ending that turns a noun into an adjective meaning 'full of that thing'. So uproarious = full of uproar. Compare the same -ious/-ous ending in glorious (full of glory) and famous.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
uproariousadj/ʌpˈɹɔː.ɹɪ.əs/
- 1
Causing, or likely to cause, an uproar.
- “Oh! there's no fear of him,” said Burgess, cheerily; “if he grows uproarious, we'll soon give him a touch of the cat.”
- 2
Characterized by uproar, that is, loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter.
- The noise in this room was perfectly tumultuous, […] every child was conducting itself like forty. The consequences were uproarious beyond belief; but no one seemed to care; on the contrary, the mother and daughter laughed heartily, and enjoyed it very much; and the latter, soon beginning to mingle in the sports, got pillaged by the young brigands most ruthlessly.
- One "set" off, another takes its place, he or she remaining longest on the floor receiving the most uproarious commendation, and so the dancing continues until broad daylight. It does not cease with the sound of the fiddle, but in that case they set up a music peculiar to themselves.
- 3
Extremely funny; hilarious.
- Yet as with Booksmart, the summer's earlier riff on that Apatovian classic, there are times when Good Boys feels a little too nice to actually be uproarious. In more ways than one, it's the training wheels for a better comedy—a slightly edgier and funnier one.
- 4
In a mess; dishevelled, untidy.
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