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

医学

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• frenzied as if possessed by a demon
  1. the soldier was completely amuck
  2. berserk with grief
  3. a berserk worker smashing windows
  Synonym:amuckberserkdemoniacdemoniacalpossessed(p)

adv

• in a murderous frenzy
  1. rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones
  Synonym:amuckmurderously
• wildly
  1. when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit
  Synonym:amuck

双语例句

• 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
• The big male elephant is running amok in the village, tearing up the trees by their roots.
  那头大公象在村里发狂，将树全部连根拔起。
• In the film a man clutching a chain saw runs spectacularly amok.
  在这部电影里，一个攥着一把链锯的男人杀气腾腾、凶狂之极。
• Trash talking and egos run amok, "said one auto executive who declined to be identified."
  一位拒绝透露身份的汽车行业高管称：“口水战和自我中心主义四处横行。”
• There were widespread reports of looting and escaped convicts running amok.
  很多报道提到抢劫和逃犯肆虐。
• The elephants had a tendency to panic and run amok.
  那些大象容易惊慌和发狂。
• 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。
• In cancer cells, NRF2 activity runs amok, sweeping away all cellular toxins, including chemotherapy agents.
  在癌细胞上，NRF2活性疯狂增强，细胞内的毒素包括化疗药物被彻底清除。
• 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。
• I cut out the page and stuck it above my desk: a warning of what could happen if innovation were allowed to run amok.
  我把广告那页剪下来，贴在我的桌子上方，提醒自己：如果允许创新疯狂驰骋，会发生什么。