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

• 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。
• In the film a man clutching a chain saw runs spectacularly amok.
  在这部电影里，一个攥着一把链锯的男人杀气腾腾、凶狂之极。
• The elephants had a tendency to panic and run amok.
  那些大象容易惊慌和发狂。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There were widespread reports of looting and escaped convicts running amok.
  很多报道提到抢劫和逃犯肆虐。
• The humour of the gods had run amok.
  神的玩笑开得太过火了。