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

• 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。
• When all the fangs are gone, it will still have claws. The tiger escape from the zoo and run amok for hours.
  牙齿敲完了，它还有爪子。老虎逃出了动物园，张牙舞爪乱窜了几小时。
• 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。
• I want to be helpful, especially to people who have been job hunting for a long time, but this is networking run amok.
  我也希望能帮上忙，尤其是为那些花了很长时间找工作的人，但现在情况已经失去了控制。
• 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。
• 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。
• The humour of the gods had run amok.
  神的玩笑开得太过火了。
• The two dogs ran amok in a school playground.
  那两条狗在学校的操场上狂咬乱窜。
• 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。
• 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！