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a·muck
muhk
Adjective
1. in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon;
"the soldier was completely amuck"
"berserk with grief"
"a berserk worker smashing windows"
Adverb
1. wildly; without self-control;
"when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit"
2. in a murderous frenzy;
"rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones"
17世纪, amok 的变体; 被 Dryden、Byron 等人视为 a muck,并得到了 Fowler 的支持,他认为 amok 是说教。
〔抑郁后暴发〕杀人狂:同amok
anachronismnoun
the placing of persons, events, objects, or customs in times to which they do not belong
a person or a thing out of place in time and especially the present time
the state or condition of being out of place in time
anabolismnoun
the part of metabolism concerned with the building up of the substance of plants and animals
ana-prefix
up : upward
anabolism
an1 of 4indefinite article
a entry 2—used before words beginning with a vowel soundan hour
an oak
an-2 of 4
see a- entry 2
-an3 of 4noun suffix
one that belongs to Bostonian
American
one skilled in or specializing in
magician
-an4 of 4adjective suffix
of or belonging to
American
characteristic of : resembling
Herculean
amylasenoun
an enzyme that speeds up the digestion of starch or glycogen called alsodiastase
amusementnoun
something that amuses
the condition of being amused
amuseverb
to occupy with something pleasant
amuse a child with a toy
to please the sense of humor of
the story amused everyone
amuletnoun
a small object worn as a charm against evil
amuck
amuck
1 The tears of rage and of frustration, she said, are nothing more than emotions run amuck in a brain that is not yet capable of self-regulation.
2 A new study reveals that a surprising type of cell controls this self-destructive response, pointing toward a new way to prevent the immune system from running amuck.
3 I thanked God that we had been able to capture him; for if he had returned and shot his native officer, he would then have run amuck and killed until slain himself.
4 The sea ran amuck.
海上风暴肆虐.
5 Immoral bankers ran amuck through unregulated financial markets and caused the disaster, the thinking went.
6 But it was not the unlucky Barton who had run amuck.
7 In the next three years she ran sort of continuously amuck against the susceptible, strewing her world with broken, bleeding hearts.
8 Seth Gordon's , the story of three buddies who conspire to kill their evil employers, is dude humor run amuck.
9 Public comments gathered by the government in its rulemaking process also contain colorful appeals: “Please stop trying to shut down an industry of centuries” and “This is an example of government running amuck.”
10 Rioters running amuck in the streets.
暴徒杀气腾腾地跑在街道上
11 Assumptions on where the shore or reefs are located will go amuck, ships assuming they are hundreds of miles from their actual location.
对海滨和礁石位置的假定将会乱七八糟,船只假定他们在离实际位置几百英里远的地方。
12 Imagination inevitably runs amuck and pictures the worst of horrors with a distracting facility.
13 There's very little here that’s stagnant on this larger-than-life set as your attention is consumed by animatronic characters that never cease moving, spinning coins and an adorable Yoshi running amuck.
14 As so often happens when an alien species drops into a new environment, there were unforeseen consequences: the mongooses ran amuck and began gobbling up all of the skinks.
15 The problem arises when people whose egos and morality have run amuck utter ignorant, arrogant and groundless statements.
16 The more they run amuck, the better for us.
他们越猖狂, 对于我们越有利益.
17 Other piglets ran amuck until animal control workers rounded them up.
18 In no minute did the sea run amuck.
倾刻间海上刮起了大风暴。
19 A big elephant is running amuck in the village, tearing up the trees by the roots.
一头大象在村子里横行无忌, 把许多树连根拔起.
20 Things run amuck after a run-in with the Fratelli family, a trio of outlaws hiding out from the cops.