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rant about sth
He ranted about the poor service for an hour.
他咆哮着抱怨服务差，持续了一个小时。
咆哮；大声抱怨
ranted — past of rant
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咆哮；大声抱怨
To speak or shout at length in an angry, uncontrolled way.
He ranted about the poor service for an hour.
他咆哮着抱怨服务差，持续了一个小时。
To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
To disseminate one's own opinions in a—typically—one-sided, strong manner.
To criticize by ranting.
To dance rant steps.
rant
Base
原形
rants
3rd person
第三人称单数
ranting
-ing
现在分词
ranted
Past
过去式
ranted
Past participle
过去分词
He often rants about politics.
他经常咆哮着谈论政治。
She ranted for hours last night.
她昨晚咆哮了好几个小时。
They are ranting about the new policy.
他们正在咆哮着谈论新政策。
动词形式规则变化
The customer ranted about the poor service for twenty minutes.
那位顾客对糟糕的服务咆哮了二十分钟。
Stop ranting and start explaining what you actually want.
别痛骂了，开始解释你到底想要什么。
He always rants when he feels he has been treated unfairly.
每当他感到受到不公平对待时，他总是咆哮。
He ranted about the poor service for an hour.
他咆哮着抱怨服务差，持续了一个小时。
She ranted at her boss for making her work overtime.
她对老板咆哮，责怪让她加班。
固定搭配，表示大声抱怨。
The customer ranted and raved until the manager refunded the money.
那位顾客又吼又叫，直到经理退款。
Not this
He ranted the issue for hours.
Use this
He ranted about the issue for hours.
Rant作为不及物动词，后面需要接介词about或at才能接宾语；直接接宾语是错误的。
Not this
She ranted him for being late.
Use this
She ranted at him for being late.
当rant的宾语是人时，须用介词at，不能直接接宾语；rant是不及物动词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
就……大发牢骚；怒气冲冲地抱怨
He ranted about the unfair treatment for hours.
他就这不公平的待遇怒气冲冲地抱怨了几个小时。
对……怒吼；怒斥
She ranted at the driver who cut her off.
她对那个突然插到她前面的司机大声怒吼。
大喊大叫；又吼又叫
Stop ranting and raving and tell me what happened.
别大喊大叫了，告诉我发生了什么。
痛斥；强烈抨击
The columnist ranted against the new policy.
这位专栏作家强烈抨击了新政策。
不停地抱怨；没完没了地发牢骚
He ranted on about his problems all evening.
他整个晚上都在不停地抱怨自己的问题。
咆哮不止，怒气冲冲地大声抱怨
The customer was ranting and raving about the poor service.
那位顾客对糟糕的服务大发脾气，咆哮不止。
开始长篇大论地抱怨，大发牢骚
Please don't go off on a rant during the meeting.
开会时请不要开始长篇大论地抱怨。
Use ranted naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
rant 谐音“人特”，人特别生气时就会 rant 咆哮。
语域：informal 常见场景：everyday conversation、online comments ‘rant’ 为动词，通常用于非正式场合，指情绪激动地长篇抱怨或发表强烈个人观点，带有贬义或不满的语气。多用于口语、日常对话或网络评论中；在正式写作里比较少见，常被 complain、condemn 等更正式的词替代。
这些词都以 /ænt/ 结尾，与 rant /rænt/ 押韵：pant, grant, plant, slant, scant, chant。注意拼写中有 ant 的词不一定同音，例如 parent /ˈperənt/、warrant /ˈwɔːrənt/ 的结尾发 /ənt/，不押韵。
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