1.rage的基本意思是“大怒”,指愤怒到失去了自我控制的地步,强调强烈的感情外露。rage还可表示风狂吹,浪汹涌。
2.rage一般用作不及物动词,表示“对…大发脾气”时接介词against,接through则表示“(战争等)激烈进行”。
3.在非正式的语体中, rage能引出直接引语,作“怒气冲冲地说道”解。

rage against〔at〕(v.+prep.)
对…大发脾气 express great anger directed towards (usually sth)
▲rage against〔at〕 sb/sth (for sth/v-ing)
He raged against me for disagreeing.他因我有异议对我大发雷霆。
I raged at my own inability.我深为自己的无能而恼火。
It's no use raging at unjust laws, there's nothing you can do to change them.对那些不公平的法律生气是没有用的,你无法改变它们。

rage through(v.+prep.)
强行通过 move violently through (sth such as a place)
▲rage through sth
A flu epidemic raged through the school.流感在这个学校里蔓延。
The infection raged through the city.传染病在城市里迅猛流行。
The storm that raged through the western islands last night has now died down.昨晚席卷西部岛屿的暴风雨现在逐渐停息了。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
She raged when her jewels were stolen while under police protection.在有警察保护的情况下她的珠宝被偷,她十分生气。
The wind raged wildly.狂风大作。
The dispute raged on for a year.这场辩论激烈地进行了一年。
The argument over the new airport is still raging.关于新机场的争论仍然十分激烈。
▲引出直接引语
“The hell with,” Pilar raged.“It is speed that counts.”“见鬼去吧!”皮拉怒气冲冲地嚷道,“速度才是重要的。”

rage也可用作名词,意思是“狂怒,盛怒”“时尚,风靡一时的事物”。例如:
He flung out of the room in a rage.他一怒之下冲出房间。
Dress like this used to be all the rage.像这样的衣服曾经风靡一时。

［同义词］   explode, flare up, raise, roar
［反义词］   be pleased, keep one's cool
［词源］＜拉丁语rabies(发疯,狂怒,愤怒)