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

• 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。
• 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。
• I cut out the page and stuck it above my desk: a warning of what could happen if innovation were allowed to run amok.
  我把广告那页剪下来，贴在我的桌子上方，提醒自己：如果允许创新疯狂驰骋，会发生什么。
• 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。
• There were widespread reports of looting and escaped convicts running amok.
  很多报道提到抢劫和逃犯肆虐。
• 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。
• 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 program goes amok, and generally everything in read/ write memory is subject to change without notice.
  程序的进展乱了套，读写存储器中的任何内容都有可能发生无法预料的改变。
• He's running amok through the American car market.
  他在美国汽车市场上横冲直撞。
• 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！