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verb reɪvreɪv [no object]1Talk incoherently, as if one were delirious or mad. 说胡话，口出呓语 Nancy's having hysterics and raving about a ghost 南希的歇斯底里病正在发作，胡说什么黑色幽灵。 Example sentencesExamples - He began to rave again, bellowing incoherencies and profanities at the top of his lungs.
- Her eyes were still fixed on Mr. Stevens who was babbling and raving in some type of speech Alexander had never heard before.
- Damn it I must seem like I'm raving like a lunatic about the red menace.
- The Pythia would rave and babble incoherently.
- Daron was off his nut all night, ranting and raving with little coherency.
- When he succeeded in waking us up, we had been completely incoherent, raving about caves and pigeons and dark unspeakable evil.
- Your cackles filling the room, you just sat there laughing and raving like a lunatic.
- Frankenstein lapsed into a delirious fever for several months, ranting and raving about killing the monster.
- The Prime Minister raved incoherently: ‘I see myself as the big fat spider in the corner of the room.’
- And good old Prince is still raving about freedom and spirituality, God bless him.
Synonyms talk wildly, babble, jabber, ramble, maunder talk incoherently, be delirious - 1.1 Address someone in an angry, uncontrolled way.
愤愤地说，激烈地说；咆哮 with direct speech ‘Never mind how he feels!’ Melissa raved “不用管他的感受！”梅利莎咆哮道。 Example sentencesExamples - Ann Coulter doesn't go on television ranting and raving like the liberals do.
- Mr Welling said: ‘The defendant telephoned her and he was abusive, ranting and raving.’
- Stop the media's ranting and raving about 6,000 or even 7,000 dead, many of whom never died at all.
- As any manager of a boys' team will tell you, ranting and raving on the touchline is of limited motivational value.
- People were saying he'd come in and be ranting and raving, but he's not like that.
- His performance is deeply moving, but also crackles with his trademark ranting and raving.
- There's no point ranting and raving or going crying to the manager.
- She was ranting and raving and stamping her feet like a child.
- Meanwhile, Bush ranted and raved like an angry lunatic throughout the second debate.
- So, we would fight all the way to church, ranting and raving, screaming and yelling.
- Sure, the lyrics are angry, bitter, raving, mad, obscene, and a 1000 other adjectives, but they don't change my opinion.
- A couple who left behind me were still raving about him when we reached the car park.
- Jock blew his top, he went absolutely ballistic, ranting and raving.
- Why are people ranting and raving over the costs of their hydro bills while going out and leaving all the lights on?
- He was then standing in the street ranting and raving and my dad asked him to move out the way, and the guy said he would be back.
- Performers with problems will be ranting and raving about them at the next Coco Café - even more than usual.
- In between ranting and raving I watch football.
- This is a cellphone message left by the guy where he starts ranting and raving.
- Smith then started ranting and raving and making insulting remarks about Mrs Pickup's son.
- But I got into work today to find a certain colleague ranting and raving about it.
Synonyms rant, rant and rave, rage, explode in anger, lose one's temper, be beside oneself, storm, fulminate, deliver a tirade/harangue, go into a frenzy, lose control shout, roar, thunder, bellow be very angry, be furious, be enraged, be incensed, fume informal fly off the handle, flip one's lid, blow one's top, go up the wall, blow a fuse, go off the deep end, hit the roof, go through the roof, be livid, have a fit, lose one's cool, go mad, go bananas, go wild, freak out, have steam coming out of one's ears, foam/froth at the mouth, go ape, be fit to be tied British informal go spare, go crackers North American informal flip one's wig vulgar slang go apeshit
2Speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm or admiration. 狂热赞扬，极力夸奖 New York's critics raved about the acting 纽约戏剧评论家热烈赞扬这一表演。 Example sentencesExamples - After a few years, I yielded to the pressure of fellow critics who couldn't understand why I wasn't raving about the film.
- Their daughter Jill lives here with her husband Neil and was always raving about the place.
- Critics are already raving about the new Channel Four programme ‘Shameless’, which hits the screen tonight.
- I wish I could rave as enthusiastically about the audio department.
- With fans and reviewers raving, why is he so terrified by every new role?
- What's more, it's not just the audiences who love the show - critics have found plenty to rave about too.
- Salthouse had the critics raving about their last album ‘Dream by Day’.
- Dayne showed off the quick feet scouts have been raving about since he was drafted.
- Sure, they got awards, but critics were also raving over junk.
- Players and coaches raved about what a wonderful place it was to work.
- Many critics raved about the bust but others found it ghoulish and disgusting.
- I ordered the Quattro panini as did Molly and Patty and we all raved.
- Critics, TV executives and its devoted audience raved about the show, making it seem more influential in Britain than perhaps it really was.
- Scouts rave about your raw power, but you've also piled up a lot of strikeouts.
- Scouts rave about the Cubs' abundance of young pitching - and with good reason.
- A close-up on the 56-year old Magande reveals much more than what some armchair critics and sceptics may be raving about.
- "My eyes looked more radiant instantly, " raved one tester.
- I have purchased several copies for songwriting friends and they have all raved about it.
- Coaches rave about Miller's hands, as he excels at getting open over the middle.
- That said, nearly all the guests I spoke to raved about their excursions, claiming they were the highlight of their holiday.
Synonyms praise enthusiastically, go into raptures about/over, wax lyrical about, sing the praises of, praise to the skies, heap praise on, rhapsodize over, enthuse about/over, gush about/over, throw bouquets at, express delight over, acclaim, eulogize, extol informal go wild about, be mad about, go on about British informal big someone/something up North American informal ballyhoo dated cry someone/something up rare laud, panegyrize 3informal Attend a rave party. 〈非正式，主英〉参加狂欢聚会 they used to rave together—then they started working together Example sentencesExamples - Beat it out and we pulse together, it's a wonder we don't rave daily.
- Viewers watch aliens rave at a dance party, float off into space while fireworks explode, and witness a fiery kaleidoscope descending from overhead.
- We remember one party near Jerusalem, thousands of people were raving like hell inside an ancient cave.
noun reɪvreɪv informal 1usually as modifier An extremely enthusiastic recommendation or appraisal. 〈非正式，主美〉狂热褒评；赞扬，吹捧 their tour received rave reviews 他们近期的巡回演出受到热烈赞扬。 Example sentencesExamples - Performing at the Cotton Club, the girls won rave reviews from critics.
- Perhaps it was significant that the rave reviews on the back cover were all written by women.
- He read it on the plane, and in London saw the rave reviews that the media was giving to the book.
- Peppers drew raves from everywhere because of his combination of speed and strength.
- I know this film received rave reviews when it was reissued a couple of years ago.
- The Merchant of Venice opened at the American Theater on May 24, 1903, and rave notices showered down.
- Her physique drew raves from the audience, which included a strong following for her.
- On April 23, Richard Lair conducted an orchestra of 12 elephants to rave reviews.
- Dickerson's quickness is drawing raves from opposing coaches and players.
- One of its new PCs with easy-to-use Internet telephone service has won raves from reviewers.
- His foam/mesh trucker hat even drew raves from adoring female fans.
- Despite the occasional bug, Google's new Gmail feature is drawing raves.
- And though his realistic and hard-hitting film has won some rave reviews, Tigmanshu is certainly not resting on his laurels.
- Ever since its release in the US, the film has been getting rave reviews from several quarters in Hollywood.
- All the rave reviews in the world couldn't turn Pavement into pop stars - maybe it's because they couldn't dance.
- It is listed on the Australian and US stock markets and has won rave reviews for its financial performances.
- Liam Neeson stars in " Kinsey " which opens in Ireland to rave reviews.
- Both Jodi's album and her live shows have been winning her rave reviews.
- Accordingly, it received rave reviews and a loyal following among the press corps.
- The film is receiving rave reviews for its blunt honesty and nutty characters.
Synonyms enthusiastic/lavish praise, a rapturous reception, tribute, plaudits, encomiums, bouquets acclaim, applause very enthusiastic, rapturous, glowing, ecstatic, full of praise, rhapsodic, laudatory, eulogistic, panegyrical, excellent, highly favourable - 1.1 A person or thing that inspires intense and widely shared enthusiasm.
令人激动的人（或物） last year's fave raves are back for a live performance 去年最受欢迎的明星重新回来做现场演出。 Example sentencesExamples - Our fave rave vampire doesn't make an appearance until rather late in the game.
- 1.2British dated A passionate and usually transitory infatuation.
〈英，非正式，旧〉（一时狂热的）迷恋，倾心 they are like little girls of eleven—they have raves
2A lively party involving dancing and drinking. 〈非正式〉喧闹的宴会，欢乐聚会 their annual fancy-dress rave 他们一年一度的喧闹的化装晚会。 Synonyms party, social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social - 2.1 A very large party or similar event with dancing to loud, fast electronic music.
Example sentencesExamples - He has even played a few warehouse raves with some of these luminaries.
- Police and district councils have joined forces to crack down on irresponsible raves which can put people at risk and cause misery to neighbours.
- There were more performance-enhancing drugs going down than at an all-night rave.
- In 1999 I went to my first underground garage rave.
- She grabbed his hand and led him into the elevator which takes them down to an underground rave.
- An outdoor summer party was scuppered by police, who believed it to be an illegal rave.
- The streets were nearly dead, aside from the occasional drunk, the occasional illegal rave.
- But when Europe started winning in the 1980s, the party took on the intensity of a rave.
- In response the government passed the Criminal Justice Act of 1994, which outlawed these large outdoor raves.
- "There are illegal dance raves out there, " he said.
- Teenagers started defiling the lands of their ancestors by holding ecstasy raves on sacred ground.
- Or should we be on the lookout for a spike in all-night raves up on the Hill?
- The typical instinct of the public is to stereotype people who attend raves.
- Finally, the vast majority of those who attend raves and dance clubs are existing drug users.
- Police were called when more than 80 people attended a rave in woods in Bolton.
- We talk about the things that affect our communities, guns, raves, fashion, anything and everything.
- Everyone looks like they're on their way home from an all-night rave but without the grin.
- I've been into raves and electronic music since the early '90s, and I can tell you that there is no other music scene that can boast this.
- For a moment, the murk feels strangely comforting, like walking out of a rave into the balm of an urban winter smog.
- The music at this event had not been as loud as at previous raves.
Synonyms warehouse party, acid house party informal all-nighter - 2.2mass noun Electronic dance music of the kind played at a rave.
（锐舞舞会上演奏的）电子舞蹈音乐 the album is an eleven-track journey through rave and techno Example sentencesExamples - On the tape, we see Mike attempting over the decades to exploit the worlds of psychedelia, disco and rave.
- Caroline Hayeur is best known for her photographs of Montreal nightlife, rave and techno scenes.
- Plus the double-time rave during the sub-Jeff Beck guitar solo is a gas.
- Disco would go back underground and sprout under a thousand aliases - house, techno, rave, rare groove, you name it.
- It's no secret that hardcore rave and hardcore punk have always been long-lost bastard brothers.
- It's got techno, trance, rave, hip hop, and lots of other types of music in the different mixes.
- The second CD takes us into self-described ‘acid, rave, electropop’ territory.
- Don't get me started on why my music is better than rave music.
- Even Orbital were dodgy punks before they discovered rave.
- I threw myself into the rave / techno end of things which seemed more liberating, less self-conscious, and that twisted its way towards electronica.
- There seems to be a division in electro between artists who were influenced by '80s synthpop and new wave and those, like you, who came from rave and techno.
- Gone is Scud's uncompromising chunky beats and I-Sound's earlier nods toward rave's easy to discern breakbeats.
- The opening track ‘Ghetto Musick’ jumps from hardcore rave to sauna soul without pausing for breath, a curiously addictive juxtaposition.
- Rather than defining genres, Skinner explores them, intersecting garage and hip-hop with rave, reggae, and even a twinge of bedsit indie.
- People in the reggae, dance, rave, R&B scenes created drum 'n' bass jungle, with reggae at the heart of it.
- So please calibrate this rave according to your own tolerance for artsy-fartsy pop, but don't go overboard.
- Such it was for the thirtysomethings, born just too late for the anger of punk and too early for the full-blown hedonism of rave.
- And the music: not guitars and plaintive harmonicas but the brain-deep electronic thud of rave.
- At the time records were becoming so aggressive, like with rave and hardcore breakbeat, and I wanted something warmer and softer.
- Music was up beat, perfect for dancing, mixing with techno, rave, electric and pop.
Derivativesadjectiveˈreɪviˈreɪvi informal Characteristic of or associated with rave music. a flurry of ravey synths and nostalgic vocals Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, by the end of the weekend the bassy, ravey Skream remix of In for the Kill will become one of the tunes you just can't avoid at Sonar.
- In the lone house between the station and Farnworth Cemetary, a ravey party was in full swing.
- Latin rhythms and ravey synths find a middle ground between the tribal delirium of Gang Gang Dance and the good-times disco-funk of Friendly Fires.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'show signs of madness'): probably from Old Northern French raver; related obscurely to Middle Low German reven 'be senseless, rave'. Rhymesbehave, brave, Cave, clave, concave, crave, Dave, deprave, engrave, enslave, fave, forgave, gave, grave, knave, lave, Maeve, misbehave, misgave, nave, outbrave, pave, save, shave, shortwave, slave, stave, they've, waive, wave noun reɪvreɪv 1A rail of a cart. （运货马车的）围杆 - 1.1raves A permanent or removable framework added to the sides of a cart to increase its capacity.
栏板，围栅（指运货马车车身四周增加运量时所使用的固定的或可拆卸的框架）
OriginMid 16th century: variant of the synonymous dialect word rathe, of unknown origin. verbrāvreɪv [no object]1Talk wildly or incoherently, as if one were delirious or insane. 说胡话，口出呓语 Nancy's having hysterics and raving about a ghost 南希的歇斯底里病正在发作，胡说什么黑色幽灵。 Example sentencesExamples - He began to rave again, bellowing incoherencies and profanities at the top of his lungs.
- Damn it I must seem like I'm raving like a lunatic about the red menace.
- The Prime Minister raved incoherently: ‘I see myself as the big fat spider in the corner of the room.’
- The Pythia would rave and babble incoherently.
- When he succeeded in waking us up, we had been completely incoherent, raving about caves and pigeons and dark unspeakable evil.
- And good old Prince is still raving about freedom and spirituality, God bless him.
- Your cackles filling the room, you just sat there laughing and raving like a lunatic.
- Daron was off his nut all night, ranting and raving with little coherency.
- Frankenstein lapsed into a delirious fever for several months, ranting and raving about killing the monster.
- Her eyes were still fixed on Mr. Stevens who was babbling and raving in some type of speech Alexander had never heard before.
Synonyms talk wildly, babble, jabber, ramble, maunder - 1.1 Address someone in an angry, uncontrolled way.
愤愤地说，激烈地说；咆哮 with direct speech “Never mind how he feels!” Melissa raved “不用管他的感受！”梅利莎咆哮道。 Example sentencesExamples - Jock blew his top, he went absolutely ballistic, ranting and raving.
- Smith then started ranting and raving and making insulting remarks about Mrs Pickup's son.
- This is a cellphone message left by the guy where he starts ranting and raving.
- A couple who left behind me were still raving about him when we reached the car park.
- Mr Welling said: ‘The defendant telephoned her and he was abusive, ranting and raving.’
- People were saying he'd come in and be ranting and raving, but he's not like that.
- Performers with problems will be ranting and raving about them at the next Coco Café - even more than usual.
- His performance is deeply moving, but also crackles with his trademark ranting and raving.
- In between ranting and raving I watch football.
- Ann Coulter doesn't go on television ranting and raving like the liberals do.
- As any manager of a boys' team will tell you, ranting and raving on the touchline is of limited motivational value.
- So, we would fight all the way to church, ranting and raving, screaming and yelling.
- Why are people ranting and raving over the costs of their hydro bills while going out and leaving all the lights on?
- Sure, the lyrics are angry, bitter, raving, mad, obscene, and a 1000 other adjectives, but they don't change my opinion.
- Stop the media's ranting and raving about 6,000 or even 7,000 dead, many of whom never died at all.
- He was then standing in the street ranting and raving and my dad asked him to move out the way, and the guy said he would be back.
- Meanwhile, Bush ranted and raved like an angry lunatic throughout the second debate.
- She was ranting and raving and stamping her feet like a child.
- There's no point ranting and raving or going crying to the manager.
- But I got into work today to find a certain colleague ranting and raving about it.
Synonyms rant, rant and rave, rage, explode in anger, lose one's temper, be beside oneself, storm, fulminate, deliver a harangue, deliver a tirade, go into a frenzy, lose control
2Speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm or admiration. 狂热赞扬，极力夸奖 New York's theater critics raved about the acting 纽约戏剧评论家热烈赞扬这一表演。 Example sentencesExamples - Critics are already raving about the new Channel Four programme ‘Shameless’, which hits the screen tonight.
- Players and coaches raved about what a wonderful place it was to work.
- Sure, they got awards, but critics were also raving over junk.
- Coaches rave about Miller's hands, as he excels at getting open over the middle.
- With fans and reviewers raving, why is he so terrified by every new role?
- Salthouse had the critics raving about their last album ‘Dream by Day’.
- What's more, it's not just the audiences who love the show - critics have found plenty to rave about too.
- That said, nearly all the guests I spoke to raved about their excursions, claiming they were the highlight of their holiday.
- After a few years, I yielded to the pressure of fellow critics who couldn't understand why I wasn't raving about the film.
- Scouts rave about the Cubs' abundance of young pitching - and with good reason.
- Their daughter Jill lives here with her husband Neil and was always raving about the place.
- I ordered the Quattro panini as did Molly and Patty and we all raved.
- Many critics raved about the bust but others found it ghoulish and disgusting.
- I have purchased several copies for songwriting friends and they have all raved about it.
- A close-up on the 56-year old Magande reveals much more than what some armchair critics and sceptics may be raving about.
- I wish I could rave as enthusiastically about the audio department.
- "My eyes looked more radiant instantly, " raved one tester.
- Critics, TV executives and its devoted audience raved about the show, making it seem more influential in Britain than perhaps it really was.
- Dayne showed off the quick feet scouts have been raving about since he was drafted.
- Scouts rave about your raw power, but you've also piled up a lot of strikeouts.
Synonyms praise enthusiastically, go into raptures about, go into raptures over, wax lyrical about, sing the praises of, praise to the skies, heap praise on, rhapsodize over, enthuse about, enthuse over, gush about, gush over, throw bouquets at, express delight over, acclaim, eulogize, extol 3informal Attend or take part in a rave (party). 〈非正式，主英〉参加狂欢聚会 Example sentencesExamples - Beat it out and we pulse together, it's a wonder we don't rave daily.
- We remember one party near Jerusalem, thousands of people were raving like hell inside an ancient cave.
- Viewers watch aliens rave at a dance party, float off into space while fireworks explode, and witness a fiery kaleidoscope descending from overhead.
nounrāvreɪv informal 1An extremely enthusiastic recommendation or appraisal. 〈非正式，主美〉狂热褒评；赞扬，吹捧 as modifier their recent tour received rave reviews 他们近期的巡回演出受到热烈赞扬。 the film has won raves from American reviewers 这部电影受到了美国评论家们的赞扬。 Example sentencesExamples - Ever since its release in the US, the film has been getting rave reviews from several quarters in Hollywood.
- The Merchant of Venice opened at the American Theater on May 24, 1903, and rave notices showered down.
- One of its new PCs with easy-to-use Internet telephone service has won raves from reviewers.
- Despite the occasional bug, Google's new Gmail feature is drawing raves.
- I know this film received rave reviews when it was reissued a couple of years ago.
- Performing at the Cotton Club, the girls won rave reviews from critics.
- On April 23, Richard Lair conducted an orchestra of 12 elephants to rave reviews.
- Her physique drew raves from the audience, which included a strong following for her.
- Accordingly, it received rave reviews and a loyal following among the press corps.
- Liam Neeson stars in " Kinsey " which opens in Ireland to rave reviews.
- And though his realistic and hard-hitting film has won some rave reviews, Tigmanshu is certainly not resting on his laurels.
- The film is receiving rave reviews for its blunt honesty and nutty characters.
- Perhaps it was significant that the rave reviews on the back cover were all written by women.
- Dickerson's quickness is drawing raves from opposing coaches and players.
- All the rave reviews in the world couldn't turn Pavement into pop stars - maybe it's because they couldn't dance.
- He read it on the plane, and in London saw the rave reviews that the media was giving to the book.
- It is listed on the Australian and US stock markets and has won rave reviews for its financial performances.
- Peppers drew raves from everywhere because of his combination of speed and strength.
- Both Jodi's album and her live shows have been winning her rave reviews.
- His foam/mesh trucker hat even drew raves from adoring female fans.
Synonyms enthusiastic praise, lavish praise, a rapturous reception, tribute, plaudits, encomiums, bouquets very enthusiastic, rapturous, glowing, ecstatic, full of praise, rhapsodic, laudatory, eulogistic, panegyrical, excellent, highly favourable 2A lively party or gathering involving dancing and drinking. 〈非正式〉喧闹的宴会，欢乐聚会 their annual fancy-dress rave 他们一年一度的喧闹的化装晚会。 Synonyms party, social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social - 2.1 A party or event attended by large numbers of young people, involving drug use and dancing to fast, electronic music.
〈主英〉（大量年轻人参加的）狂欢聚会；锐舞（舞会） Example sentencesExamples - The typical instinct of the public is to stereotype people who attend raves.
- We talk about the things that affect our communities, guns, raves, fashion, anything and everything.
- Or should we be on the lookout for a spike in all-night raves up on the Hill?
- I've been into raves and electronic music since the early '90s, and I can tell you that there is no other music scene that can boast this.
- The music at this event had not been as loud as at previous raves.
- For a moment, the murk feels strangely comforting, like walking out of a rave into the balm of an urban winter smog.
- The streets were nearly dead, aside from the occasional drunk, the occasional illegal rave.
- He has even played a few warehouse raves with some of these luminaries.
- But when Europe started winning in the 1980s, the party took on the intensity of a rave.
- Teenagers started defiling the lands of their ancestors by holding ecstasy raves on sacred ground.
- She grabbed his hand and led him into the elevator which takes them down to an underground rave.
- There were more performance-enhancing drugs going down than at an all-night rave.
- An outdoor summer party was scuppered by police, who believed it to be an illegal rave.
- Finally, the vast majority of those who attend raves and dance clubs are existing drug users.
- "There are illegal dance raves out there, " he said.
- In 1999 I went to my first underground garage rave.
- In response the government passed the Criminal Justice Act of 1994, which outlawed these large outdoor raves.
- Everyone looks like they're on their way home from an all-night rave but without the grin.
- Police were called when more than 80 people attended a rave in woods in Bolton.
- Police and district councils have joined forces to crack down on irresponsible raves which can put people at risk and cause misery to neighbours.
Synonyms warehouse party, acid house party - 2.2 Electronic dance music of the kind played at a rave.
（锐舞舞会上演奏的）电子舞蹈音乐 Example sentencesExamples - It's no secret that hardcore rave and hardcore punk have always been long-lost bastard brothers.
- Even Orbital were dodgy punks before they discovered rave.
- It's got techno, trance, rave, hip hop, and lots of other types of music in the different mixes.
- There seems to be a division in electro between artists who were influenced by '80s synthpop and new wave and those, like you, who came from rave and techno.
- Caroline Hayeur is best known for her photographs of Montreal nightlife, rave and techno scenes.
- Plus the double-time rave during the sub-Jeff Beck guitar solo is a gas.
- Don't get me started on why my music is better than rave music.
- Such it was for the thirtysomethings, born just too late for the anger of punk and too early for the full-blown hedonism of rave.
- At the time records were becoming so aggressive, like with rave and hardcore breakbeat, and I wanted something warmer and softer.
- And the music: not guitars and plaintive harmonicas but the brain-deep electronic thud of rave.
- The second CD takes us into self-described ‘acid, rave, electropop’ territory.
- People in the reggae, dance, rave, R&B scenes created drum 'n' bass jungle, with reggae at the heart of it.
- The opening track ‘Ghetto Musick’ jumps from hardcore rave to sauna soul without pausing for breath, a curiously addictive juxtaposition.
- Rather than defining genres, Skinner explores them, intersecting garage and hip-hop with rave, reggae, and even a twinge of bedsit indie.
- So please calibrate this rave according to your own tolerance for artsy-fartsy pop, but don't go overboard.
- On the tape, we see Mike attempting over the decades to exploit the worlds of psychedelia, disco and rave.
- Music was up beat, perfect for dancing, mixing with techno, rave, electric and pop.
- I threw myself into the rave / techno end of things which seemed more liberating, less self-conscious, and that twisted its way towards electronica.
- Disco would go back underground and sprout under a thousand aliases - house, techno, rave, rare groove, you name it.
- Gone is Scud's uncompromising chunky beats and I-Sound's earlier nods toward rave's easy to discern breakbeats.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘show signs of madness’): probably from Old Northern French raver; related obscurely to Middle Low German reven ‘be senseless, rave’. nounrāvreɪv 1A rail of a cart. （运货马车的）围杆 - 1.1raves A permanent or removable framework added to the sides of a cart to increase its capacity.
栏板，围栅（指运货马车车身四周增加运量时所使用的固定的或可拆卸的框架）
OriginMid 16th century: variant of the synonymous dialect word rathe, of unknown origin. |