c. 1600, "to be jovial and boisterous," also "to talk bombastically," from Dutch randten (earlier ranten) "talk foolishly, rave," of unknown origin (compare German rantzen "to frolic, spring about"). Related: Ranted; ranting. Ranters "antinomian sect which arose in England c. 1645" is attested from 1651; applied 1823 to early Methodists. A 1700 slang dictionary has rantipole "a rude wild Boy or Girl" (also as a verb and adjective); to ride rantipole meant "The woman uppermost in the amorous congress" [Grose].
"boisterous, empty declamation; fierce or high-sounding language without much meaning or dignity of thought; bombast; a ranting speech," 1640s, from rant (v.).
双语例句
1. I don't rant and rave or throw tea cups.
我不会大喊大叫或摔茶杯。
来自柯林斯例句
2. As the boss began to rant, I stood up and went out.
老板开始咆哮的时候，我起身走了出去。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Part I is a rant against organised religion.
第一部分是对有组织宗教慷慨激昂的声讨.
来自柯林斯例句
4. So Phillip Tattaglia would rant on to audiences unsympathetic and contemptuous.
因此,斐力普-塔塔格里亚对部下说话总是大吼大叫、不通人情、趾高气扬.
来自教父部分
5. What he said was just rant. Don't take It'seriously.
