- roar (v.)[roar 词源字典]
- Old English rarian "roar, wail, lament, bellow, cry," probably of imitative origin (compare Middle Dutch reeren, German röhren "to roar;" Sanskrit ragati "barks;" Lithuanian reju "to scold;" Old Church Slavonic revo "I roar;" Latin raucus "hoarse"). Related: Roared; roaring.[roar etymology, roar origin, 英语词源]
- roar (n.)
- late 14c., from roar (v.) and Old English gerar.