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amuck

/uh-muhk/US // əˈmʌk //UK // (əˈmʌk) //

乱七八糟的,乱七八糟,乱七八糟的东西,乱糟糟的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : mad with murderous frenzy.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : amok.

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Examples

  • If you give steroids to a patient who is not yet exhibiting signs of an overactive immune system, you may actually make them sicker by allowing SARS-CoV-2 to run amuck.

  • I learned to swing an axe by cutting down saplings, and ran "amuck" among them just as my elders did among the larger trees.

  • The elephant was not running amuck, though he might eventually work himself into that blind ungovernable rage.

  • As a wild beast is tied to keep it from running amuck, so the Law bridles mad and furious man to keep him from running wild.

  • His men were hoisting aboard the three dripping, sputtering passengers who had run amuck.

  • Here they were back in civilization, and her man of the woods was straightway running amuck.