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 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。
• 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。
• This isn't the first time Greenpeace has warned that illegal GMO grains may be running amok in China.
  这并非绿色和平第一次就转基因谷物或在中国泛滥的问题做出警告。
• The elephants had a tendency to panic and run amok.
  那些大象容易惊慌和发狂。
• Like agile software development, agile operations emphatically does not equate to cowboy administrators running amok on the systems, without plan or documentation.
  和敏捷软件开发一样，敏捷运维显然与那些“牛仔”管理员的方式不同，他们只会狂乱地管理系统而没有任何计划和文档。
• He's running amok through the American car market.
  他在美国汽车市场上横冲直撞。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。