单词 | rampage |
释义 | rampagen. The action or an act of rampaging; a state of excitement or violent passion; (also) a period of violent, uncontrollable, and usually destructive behaviour, typically by a group of people. Chiefly in on the (also a) rampage. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [noun] > fit of violent emotion furyc1374 ecstasyc1384 ethroclytes1485 extremity1509 vehemency1612 rapturea1616 rapture1620 fit1654 transport1658 vehemence1741 orgasma1763 rave1765 rampage1860 brainstorm1861 tear1880 maenadism1883 the mind > emotion > excitement > riotous excitement > [noun] hoigh1576 rooty-toot1852 rampage1860 razzle-dazzle1888 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > reckless or riotous outragec1300 outraya1425 reeling1487 stroke and strifec1510 rampage1860 rampageousness1883 wilding1989 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [phrase] > with reckless or riotous violence on the (also a) rampage1860 1860 C. Dickens Great Expectations ii, in All Year Round 1 Dec. 171/1 She's been on the Ram-page this last spell, about five minutes. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xi. 147 She leaves his charming society to go off on a wild rampage through the country. 1891 Spectator 10 Oct. 487 The Irish Members..think a rampage will guarantee their seats. 1906 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Aug. 335 The raven..sets on her shoulder often when she rides her breakneck rampages. 1927 H. Crane Let. 19 Dec. (1965) 313 Her drunken and exclamatory rampage through Edificios Blancos [sc. H. Crane's White Buildings]. 1955 Times 29 Aug. 10/5 Mr. Jack Warner, representing Scotland Yard, is indeed a comfort to have at hand when Things are on the rampage. 1967 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 1 Apr. (TV Mag.) 8 a/2 A gang on a rampage through Matt Dillon's territory. 2002 J. B. Jacobs Can Gun Control Work? i. 7 Homicidal rampages at school naturally and justifiably attract enormous media attention. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rampagev. Originally Scottish. 1. a. intransitive. To behave violently or furiously; to storm, rage wildly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > to rage (of fury) [verb (intransitive)] > be or become furious wedec1000 resea1250 ragea1400 rampc1405 rase1440 outragea1475 stampc1480 enragec1515 ournc1540 gry1594 fury1628 rampage1692 to stamp one's foot1821 to fire off1848 foam1852 fire1859 to stomp one's feetc1927 to spit chips1947 to spit cotton1947 to spit blood1963 to go ballistic1981 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > behave violently or use force [verb (intransitive)] > behave with fierce or furious violence rage1533 rampage1692 1692 [see rampaging n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 20 His Wife did Reel, And Rampadge in her Choler. 1778 A. Ross Helenore (ed. 2) 71 He rampaged red wood, And lap and danc'd, and was in unco mood. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 225 He came down here, rampauging like a lion. 1898 J. Arch Story of Life ix. 232 He rampaged like a lunatic, and fairly lost his head. 1923 C. Torr Small Talk at Wreyland 3rd Ser. 32 There were old Dons at Cambridge who rampaged like mad bulls, if you just waved red rags at them. 1991 F. Cooper Jay Loves Lucy 119 Lucy paced, rampaged, flung out scads of unrequited ire, impassioned as Jay had never seen her. b. intransitive. To go about in an agitated, furious, or violent manner; to rush wildly here and there. Also in extended use. Usually with adverb. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > behave violently or use force [verb (intransitive)] > behave with reckless or riotous violence to make derayc1300 reelc1400 rampc1405 rammisha1540 to run amok1672 rampage1791 tevel1828 wild1989 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and violently > rush around scour1297 startlec1300 reelc1400 rammisha1540 gad1552 ramp1599 fling1620 to run rounda1623 rampage1791 to run around1822 to rip and tear1846 hella1864 running around like a chicken with its head cut off (also like a chicken with no head)1887 to haul ass1918 tear-arse1942 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 324 Frae place to place rampages wi' his gun, An' murders harmless creatures for his fun. 1842 T. P. Thompson Exercises I. 360 Our sailors would have been ‘rampaging’ over the world. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. ii. 14 She made a grab at Tickler, and she Ram-paged out. 1892 T. H. Huxley Let. 1 Feb. in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) II. xx. 331 I hear you have influenza rampaging about the Camp. 1943 W. L. Ferguson Vignettes 69 A cat rampages up and doon Inside my heid,—she'll fluff and scart. 1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 May 21/1 The guerrilla movement led by Abimael Guzman..rampaged through the countryside. 2. transitive. To rampage about or over (a place). ΚΠ 1861 Harper's Mag. Jan. 190/2 No more does he like your rampaging the streets and spending your evenings nobody knows where at all. 1905 E. M. Albanesi Brown Eyes of Mary i. 7 Where is the beast now? Is she rampaging the premises? 1968 Times 2 Mar. 25/1 A London mob..was rampaging the streets, burning and looting. 2004 New Straits (Malaysia) Times (Nexis) 31 Jan. 10 The poor animal was rampaging the fields and farms belonging to the kampung folks. Derivatives ramˈpager n. ΚΠ 1772 London Mag. Mar. 305/2 Rampager, and other humorous essays, told us that..there was not a blackguard shop..but had those precious labels stuck up in their windows. 1879 J. White Jottings 78 Scarcely had she got seated when another rampager in all haste came to her. 1998 Australian (Nexis) 21 May 9 The rampager was told to stay away, but she kept up the rumpus. ramˈpaging n. and adj. ΚΠ 1692 in H. Paton Kingarth Parish Rec. (1932) 163 The said James came..into Katrin Frisels house in a rampaging way calling for meat. 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace ii. i. 43 A Dyke of Stones they had quite round them made, And proudly there with great Rampaging rade. 1822 J. Galt Provost xviii. 138 The rioting and rampaging at night..was worse than Vanity Fair in the Pilgrim's Progress. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xi. 247 There was a set of rampauging chields in the country then that they called rebels. 1925 Helena (Montana) Independent 1 Nov. 11/1 There was the usual soaping of windows and other traditional rampagings by the juvenile population. 2000 P. Moore Full Montezuma (2001) viii. 121 A startling noise that was a cross between a roaring lion and a rampaging t-rex. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860v.1692 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。