amok
英 [əˈmɒk]
美 [əˈmʌk]
- adv. 狂乱地；杀人狂地
- adj. 杀人狂的；狂乱的
中文词源
amok 发狂
来自马来语。
英语词源
- amok
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amok: [17] Amok is Malayan in origin, where it is an adjective, amoq, meaning ‘fighting frenziedly’. Its first brief brush with English actually came in the early 16th century, via Portuguese, which had adopted it as a noun, amouco, signifying a ‘homicidally crazed Malay’. This sense persisted until the late 18th century, but by then the phrase run amok, with all its modern connotations, was well established, and has since taken over the field entirely. The spelling amuck has always been fairly common, reflecting the word’s pronunciation.
- amok (adv.)
- in verbal phrase run amok first recorded 1670s, from Malay amuk "attacking furiously." Earlier the word was used as a noun or adjective meaning "a frenzied Malay," originally in the Portuguese form amouco or amuco.
There are some of them [the 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]
Compare amuck.
权威例句
- 1. A soldier was arrested after running amok with a vehicle through Berlin.
- 一名士兵在疯狂飙车穿越柏林后被逮捕。
- 2. He's running amok through the American car market.
- 他在美国汽车市场上横冲直撞.
- 3. A masked man ran amok in the town square.
- 一个戴面具的人杀气腾腾地闯进了市政广场.
- 4. The tiger escaped from the zoo and ran amok for hours.
- 老虎逃出了动物园,张牙舞爪乱窜了几小时.
- 5. The sheep started to run amok and the kids too.
- 羊儿们开始横冲直撞,孩子们也如此一片混乱.