rage Значение & определение

Значение на rage на български

• 0 (a period of) extreme or violent anger:

  • Her sudden towering rages were terrifying.

  • I was frightened because I had never seen him in such a rage before.

  • He flew into a fit of rage over the smallest mistake.

• 1 an exciting or entertaining event involving a lot of activity:

  • The party was a rage.

• 2 to speak very angrily to someone:

  • He raged at (= spoke angrily to) us for forgetting to order a replacement.

  • The storm raged outside.

  • A flu epidemic is raging in/through local schools.

  • The argument rages on (= continues strongly).

• 3 used to refer to situations where people become extremely angry or violent:

  • road-rage

  • trolley-rage

  • air-rage

• 4 extreme or violent anger, or a period of feeling such anger:

  • [ C ] I had never seen him in such a rage before.

• 5 to show extreme or violent anger:

  • He raged at me for sending the letter out before he had seen it.

  • The fire broke out and raged for four days, destroying most of the old city.

• 6 to be very popular or fashionable:

  • In China, Mercedes-Benz cars are all the rage among the moneyed elite.