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 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。
• 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。
• He's running amok through the American car market.
  他在美国汽车市场上横冲直撞。
• 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。
• A man ran amok in the train yesterday? He struck two railway staff and smashed several carriage windows.
  昨天一位男子在火车上胡作非为？他打伤了两名铁路员工，砸碎了几扇车厢窗户。
• 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。
• There were widespread reports of looting and escaped convicts running amok.
  很多报道提到抢劫和逃犯肆虐。
• 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。
• The tiger escapes from the zoo and runs amok for hours
  老虎逃出了动物园，张牙舞爪乱窜了几小时