amok
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++a·mok /əˈmɒk $ əˈmɑːk/ (also amuck) adverb run 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
amok• There is the pop psychology of the day, run 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.• A science-fiction thriller about a planet that is mired in civil war and whose computerized defense system runs amok, threatening everyone.• With Thatcher running amok through the welfare state, lobby groups are preoccupied defending what was once thought unassailable.Origin amok (1500-1600) Malaya·mok adverbChineseSyllable
uncontrolled violent a very suddenly way Corpus and behave in to
amok
a‧mok /əˈmɒk $ əˈmɑːk/
(also amuck) adverb
a. to suddenly behave in a very violent and uncontrolled way:
Drunken troops ran amok in the town.
b. to get out of control and cause a lot of problems:
an age in which global capitalism has run amok
a‧mok /əˈmɒk $ əˈmɑːk/
(also amuck) adverb Date: 1500-1600
Language: Malay
run amokLanguage: Malay
a. to suddenly behave in a very violent and uncontrolled way:
b. to get out of control and cause a lot of problems:
