amok
英 [əˈmɒk]
美 [əˈmɑːk]
n. 杀人狂
adj. 狂乱的；杀人狂的
adv. 狂乱地；杀人狂地
BNC.32686 / COCA.18140
习惯用语
adv.
- run amok
- （尤指在公共场所）发狂，狂暴，疯狂
to suddenly become very angry or excited and start behaving violently, especially in a public place
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE （人或动物）发狂，狂暴，疯狂
If a person or animalruns amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.- A soldier was arrested after running amok with a vehicle through Berlin.
一名士兵在疯狂飙车穿越柏林后被逮捕。
- A soldier was arrested after running amok with a vehicle through Berlin.
英英释义
adj
- frenzied as if possessed by a demon
- the soldier was completely amuck
- berserk with grief
- a berserk worker smashing windows
adv
- in a murderous frenzy
- rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones
- wildly
- when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit
双语例句
- To me, this seems like wealth shame run amok.
我觉得，这似乎是财富羞愧感过了头。 - When turned loose with no competition, invasive species can run amok in an ecosystem and send a park's native residents toward extinction.
当缺乏竞争之时，这些入侵的物种将会狂暴地进入生态系统，并将使公园的本地物种们陷入灭绝的境地。 - The tiger escapes from the zoo and runs amok for hours
老虎逃出了动物园，张牙舞爪乱窜了几小时 - A man ran amok in the train yesterday? He struck two railway staff and smashed several carriage windows.
昨天一位男子在火车上胡作非为？他打伤了两名铁路员工，砸碎了几扇车厢窗户。 - A soldier was arrested after running amok with a vehicle through Berlin.
一名士兵在疯狂飙车穿越柏林后被逮捕。 - Mr Cheney's new memoir, despite its breezy self-justification, does little to dispel that notion, showing exactly how a vice-president can run amok.
这本回忆录确切的显示了身为副总统，切尼如何能够胆大包天、胡作非为。 - The humour of the gods had run amok.
神的玩笑开得太过火了。 - Private risk-taking run amok has plunged the country into its worst recession in decades.
私营企业不顾危险，最终失去控制，导致美国陷入了几十年不遇的经济萧条。 - Mm. But I myself enjoy sleeping on the ground under the stars. The field mice, lacking natural predators, have flourished in numbers and are running amok destroying nature.
呣.我自己还是喜欢躺在满天繁星下的地上。缺少天敌的田鼠们，繁殖、破坏起来自然随心所欲。 - The two dogs ran amok in a school playground.
那两条狗在学校的操场上狂咬乱窜。