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 humour of the gods had run amok.
  神的玩笑开得太过火了。
• 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。
• Fortunately, certified seeing-eye dogs are invari-ably conscientious in their duties, but in today's cartoon American Pat Oliphant plays darkly with the image of a hound running amok.
  所幸的是，合格的导盲犬总是尽职尽责，但在今天刊登的这幅漫画中，美国漫画家帕特-奥列芬特以一只狂奔的狗玩了一次黑色幽默。
• 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 masked man ran amok in the town square.
  一个戴面具的人杀气腾腾地闯进了市政广场。
• To me, this seems like wealth shame run amok.
  我觉得，这似乎是财富羞愧感过了头。
• The gunman ran amok, firing indiscriminately at passers-by.
  持枪歹徒大开杀戒，不分青红皂白向行人开枪。
• 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。
• When all the fangs are gone, it will still have claws. The tiger escape from the zoo and run amok for hours.
  牙齿敲完了，它还有爪子。老虎逃出了动物园，张牙舞爪乱窜了几小时。
• 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