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amok如何读

英：[əˈmɒk]

美：[əˈmɑk]

amok是什么意思

adv.疯狂地
adj.杀人狂的
n.杀人狂

amok英英释义

noun

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

adverb

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

rioters running amok in the streets

in a murderously frenzied state

adjective

possessed with or motivated by a murderous or violently uncontrollable frenzy

amok词组

run amok乱砍乱杀；胡作非为；杀气腾腾地横冲直撞

amok词源中文解释

“run amok”是一个动词短语，记录于1670年代，源自马来语（南岛语系）的 amuk，意为“猛烈攻击”。早期该词被用作名词或形容词，意为“狂热的马来人”，最初以葡萄牙语形式 amouco 或 amuco 出现。

There are some of them [Javanese] who ... go out into the streets, and kill as many persons as they meet. ... These are called Amuco. ["The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants," c. 1516, English translation]

“有些爪哇人会走到街上，杀死他们遇到的所有人……这些人被称为 Amuco。”——《杜阿尔特·巴尔博萨之书：关于印度洋沿岸国家及其居民的描述》，约1516年，英文翻译

与 amuck 相比较。

amok_医学行业词汇

杀人狂：一种具有特定文化背景的综合征，几乎只见于马来人，其特点为未经刺激而突然爆发出的狂乱杀人暴行(流窜杀人)

同amuck

amok_法律行业词汇

癫痫杀人犯

amok词源英文解释

Noun borrowed from Malay amok Adverb derivative of amok >entry 1 Adjective derivative of amok >entry 1

The first known use of amok was in 1665

amok儿童词典英英释义

amokadverb

in a violently excited state

run amok

in an undisciplined, uncontrolled, or faulty manner

paper shredded by a copier run amok

amok医学词典英英释义

amoknoun

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 … 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

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

amok 例句

1 As pipes leak, overpasses crumble and planes fly in formation overhead, the overall mayhem suggests gloopy abattoirs running amok.

2 On the other hand, letting that be the end of the conversation allows patriarchy to run amok defining "sexual freedom" as a monotonous performance for the male gaze that perpetuates gender inequality.

3 In the 1930s, runaway brides ran amok with banter and high jinks; in the 1940s, femmes fatales did their men wrong with lipstick sneers and a bullet to the heart.

4 That said, it’s also not fair to write off the criticism as prudish religiousness run amok.

5 At first hardly anyone got there, but then gradually it spread: Clears were thick on the ground, even if some ran amok or killed themselves soon after they made the grade.

6 “Broad City” was a wild, ferocious, expansive show that ran amok through the city, but, in the end, it was about the intimacy that comes from making mischief in the presence of another.

7 At heart, “Slings & Arrows” is a workplace comedy: A community tries to get through another op’nin’, another show while battling commercialism and egos run amok.

8 They apparently left Wretzky's farm and ran amok through a neighbour's land in South Haven.

9 He has penned a book, “Mr. Smith Goes to Prison,” and launched a tour to get his voice heard in a larger debate about a prison industrial complex that has run amok.

10 Was Bellows protesting against injustice or enjoying another display of energy running amok?

11 This fifth iteration was narrowly saved by mixed reviews: Variety said it plays like a 1970s “disaster movie run amok.”

12 The idea of a great printed t-shirt is a good concept but this idea went amok!

13 The tiger escape from the zoo and run amok for hours.

老虎逃出了动物园，张牙舞爪乱窜了几小时。

14 But now that we’ve shed all pretense, showing up in front of colleagues and friends alike in sweatpants, with five-day hair, and children and pets running amok in the background, I feel at home online.

15 With civil rights as their bulldozer, in Caldwell’s view, progressive movements ran amok.

16 It took Julia six days to respond, during which my mind ran amok: What if I touched a nerve, and she hates me now?

17 Environmental disaster and artificial intelligence run amok have emerged as the major science-fiction concerns of our time.

18 In the show, Ichabod is transported from Revolutionary War times to the present, where he teams up with Abbie to try to stop the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from running amok.

19 In reality, white supremacy is not about errant individuals who are running amok.

20 There’s a similar feel in the third video – about how to make a coconut cake – when three minutes into the film it is revealed that there is a piglet running amok in the kitchen.