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

• The elephants had a tendency to panic and run amok.
  那些大象容易惊慌和发狂。
• Like agile software development, agile operations emphatically does not equate to cowboy administrators running amok on the systems, without plan or documentation.
  和敏捷软件开发一样，敏捷运维显然与那些“牛仔”管理员的方式不同，他们只会狂乱地管理系统而没有任何计划和文档。
• Trash talking and egos run amok, "said one auto executive who declined to be identified."
  一位拒绝透露身份的汽车行业高管称：“口水战和自我中心主义四处横行。”
• To me, this seems like wealth shame run amok.
  我觉得，这似乎是财富羞愧感过了头。
• 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。
• Mm. But I myself enjoy sleeping on the ground under the stars. The field mice, lacking natural predators, have flourished in numbers and are running amok destroying nature.
  呣.我自己还是喜欢躺在满天繁星下的地上。缺少天敌的田鼠们，繁殖、破坏起来自然随心所欲。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。