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

• 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 elephants had a tendency to panic and run amok.
  那些大象容易惊慌和发狂。
• 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。
• 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。
• To me, this seems like wealth shame run amok.
  我觉得，这似乎是财富羞愧感过了头。
• 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。
• There were widespread reports of looting and escaped convicts running amok.
  很多报道提到抢劫和逃犯肆虐。
• 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！
• 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 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