单词 | run amok |
释义 | run amokrun amok a) VIOLENTto suddenly behave in a very violent and uncontrolled way 狂乱,发狂 Drunken troops ran amok in the town. 喝醉酒的士兵在镇上撒野。 b) to get out of control and cause a lot of problems 失控 an age in which global capitalism has run amok 全球资本主义大行其道的时代 Examples from the Corpus run amok• But speculation about whether he had accomplices has run amok.• No, our kids are not running amok.• There were Peace Rallies in the 1960s, with stone-throwing anarchists running amok.• I think Mum worried that I might run amok and stick my penknife straight into Katie.• The Zekes come in against the line of P-40s, one runs amok as others erupt in flames.• Double-entendre lyrics run amok at this sonic strip club from hell.• Don't let him go running amok, Bill.• Troops were allowed to run amok in the villages.• With Thatcher running amok through the welfare state, lobby groups are preoccupied defending what was once thought unassailable. → run amok at amok(1) |
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