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
- 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。 - 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 two dogs ran amok in a school playground.
那两条狗在学校的操场上狂咬乱窜。 - He's running amok through the American car market.
他在美国汽车市场上横冲直撞。 - Private risk-taking run amok has plunged the country into its worst recession in decades.
私营企业不顾危险,最终失去控制,导致美国陷入了几十年不遇的经济萧条。 - When turned loose with no competition, invasive species can run amok in an ecosystem and send a park's native residents toward extinction.
当缺乏竞争之时,这些入侵的物种将会狂暴地进入生态系统,并将使公园的本地物种们陷入灭绝的境地。 - 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。 - They're incorrigiblebecause you let them run amok.
他们无可救药,都是因为你让他们放肆。 - 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。