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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• To me, this seems like wealth shame run amok.
  我觉得，这似乎是财富羞愧感过了头。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 humour of the gods had run amok.
  神的玩笑开得太过火了。
• They're incorrigiblebecause you let them run amok.
  他们无可救药，都是因为你让他们放肆。