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
- 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!