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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There were widespread reports of looting and escaped convicts running amok.
  很多报道提到抢劫和逃犯肆虐。
• 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。
• The elephants had a tendency to panic and run amok.
  那些大象容易惊慌和发狂。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。”