amok
/əˈmɒk/(亦作amuck /əˈmʌk/)
adverb
(用于短语run amok)
- behave uncontrollably and disruptively失去理智地; 胡作非为地：
with stone-throwing anarchists running amok
有投掷石块的无政府主义者胡作非为
figurative 〈喻〉her feelings seemed to be running amok.
她的感情似乎在失控。
词源
mid 17th cent.: via Portuguese amouco, from Malay amok 'rushing in a frenzy'. Early use was as a noun denoting a Malay in a homicidal frenzy; the adverb use dates from the late 17th cent.