英语释义

1. an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures

2. in a violently raging, wild, or uncontrolled manner —used in the phrase run amok
rioters running amok in the streetsConditions had allowed extremism to run amok.

3. in a murderously frenzied state

4. possessed with or motivated by a murderous or violently uncontrollable frenzy

5. in a wild or uncontrolled manner Hint: This adverb is usually used in the phrase “run amok” or “run amuck.”

6. an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures
Amok is a condition in South Asian and Pacific Islander cultures when a person attacks and tries to kill others.
— Christopher A. Kearney and Timothy J. Trull, Abnormal Psychology and Life, 2011 … research suggests that amok can and does occur in other countries, such as Laos, the Philippines, Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, and even the United States. Certain acts of random violence (e.g., school shootings and office shootings) may actually be presentations of an American version of amok.
— Michael Gomez, in Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology, 2006

英汉例句

• we had to call the police to restrain when he ran amuck in office.

  当他在办公室疯狂发作时，我们不得不叫警察。

相似词

berserk狂暴的人；狂暴武士

berserkly疯狂地狂暴地狂怒地

franticallyad 疯狂似地；狂暴地

frenziedlyad 极其激动地；狂乱地

harum-scarumad 鲁莽地；轻率地

helter-skelterad 仓促忙乱地；杂乱地

madlyad 疯狂地；发狂地；精神失常地

pell-mell混乱，杂乱

wild(Wild)人名；(英)怀尔德；(法、德、葡、捷、匈)维尔德

wildlyad 野生地；野蛮地；狂暴地；鲁莽地；失控地，紊乱地；极其，非常