2020年2月11日 星期二

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Storm "Ciara," or "Sabine," as it's called in German-speaking countries, has wreaked havoc in Europe this week. It has destroyed homes and buildings, caused traffic chaos across the continent, and several people have died as it's raged on. Storms and thunderstorms have also inspired great artists like Hokusai and Rembrandt. Take a closer look here.

A leading expert warns that the situation 'is already uncontrollable'


The simple concept behind people paying to smash things to smithereens: “Traffic, job, your boss; everybody gets pissed."

'Like binge drinking': rage room business on the rise as economy struggles
Facilities across the US are offering angry people the chance to smash…
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A Toronto company has created a 'rage room' that's the perfect place to de-stress

Stress relief treatment that's all the rage: The room you can smash up ...

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Jan 17, 2013 - Two teenagers have opened a 'Rage Room' in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad, where customers pay $6 to destroy a room and its ...


Anger Room is a business in Dallas, Texas that rents out rooms furnished with common objects that people can then destroy.[1][2][3]
It was opened in December 2011 by Donna Alexander.[4]

smithereens 

plural noun INFORMAL
a lot of very small broken pieces:
Our city was bombed to smithereens during the war.
So many films nowadays involve everyone and everything being blown to smithereens.

 Pronunciation: /ˌsmɪðəˈriːnz/ 


(also smithers /ˈsmɪðəz/)
PLURAL NOUN



informal
Small pieces:a grenade blew him to smithereens
More example sentences
Origin

Early 19th century: probably from Irish smidirín.
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  • This word for tiny fragments into which something is broken was first recorded in the early 19th century. It probably comes from Irish smidirín from smiodar ‘fragment’.





rage 

Pronunciation: /reɪdʒ/    NOUN



1[MASS NOUN] Violent uncontrollable anger:her face was distorted with rage[COUNT NOUN]: he flew into a rage


rage

 verb
/reɪdʒ/
/reɪdʒ/

Verb Forms
  1. [intransitive, transitive] to show that you are very angry about something or with somebody, especially by shoutingSYNONYM rail
    •  rage (at/against/about somebody/something) He raged against the injustice of it all.
    •  + speech ‘That's unfair!’ she raged.
    Extra Examples
    TOPICS FeelingsC2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionary
  2. [intransitive] rage (on) (of a storm, a battle, an argument, etc.) to continue in a violent way
    • The riots raged for three days.
    • The blizzard was still raging outside.

VERB

[NO OBJECT]
1Feel or express violent uncontrollable anger:he raged at the futility of it all[WITH DIRECT SPEECH]: ‘That’s unfair!’ Maggie raged
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