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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

    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

    • 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。
    • The two dogs ran amok in a school playground.
      那两条狗在学校的操场上狂咬乱窜。
    • The humour of the gods had run amok.
      神的玩笑开得太过火了。
    • 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 elephants had a tendency to panic and run amok.
      那些大象容易惊慌和发狂。
    • Ireland and Spain had strong fiscal positions throughout: it was private borrowing that ran amok.
      从始至终,爱尔兰和西班牙的财政状况都很强劲:陷入疯狂的是私人借贷。
    • He's running amok through the American car market.
      他在美国汽车市场上横冲直撞。
    • 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 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。
    • If there are tigers running amok, I'll take precautions, but that's no reason why I should give in to Wu sun-fu completely.
      老虎发疯,我要严防,但是决不能因为有老虎在那里,我就退让到不成话!