berserk
/bəˈsɜːk/berserk,
adjective
- out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied狂怒的; (激动得)控制不住的; 疯狂的; 狂暴的:
a man went berserk with an arsenal of guns.
一名男子发疯似的用各种枪支乱射。
词源
early 19th cent. (originally as a noun denoting a wild Norse warrior who fought with frenzy): from Old Norse berserkr (noun), probably from birn-, bjorn (see BEAR2) + serkr 'coat', but also possibly from berr 'bare' (i.e. without armour).