roister

🇬🇧 UK/'rɔistә/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To engage in noisy, boisterous, or drunken merrymaking

喧闹狂欢;大声嬉闹

n.

A session of noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour

喧闹的狂欢;闹饮

🧩 Root Breakdown

Loanword
roisterother
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Common Collocations

  • 1.roister about四处喧闹
  • 2.[roister through the streets]沿街狂欢嬉闹
  • 3.roister and revel喧嚣作乐
  • 4.[roister noisily]大声嬉闹

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The sailors roistered through the port town after months at sea.

  • 2.

    A group of students roistered in the courtyard long into the night.

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