amok
amok
[əˈmɒk]
(亦作 amuck)
adverb
[əˈmɒk]
(亦作 amuck)
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 were running amok.
有投掷石块的无政府主义者胡作非为。
her feelings seemed to be running amok.
她的感情似乎失控。
- 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
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