单词	amok
释义	amoka‧mok /əˈmɒk $ əˈmɑːk/ (also amuck) adverb Word Origin WORD ORIGINamok Origin: 1500-1600 Malay Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A science-fiction thriller about a planet that is mired in civil war and whose computerized defense system runs amok, threatening everyone. I think Mum worried that I might run amok and stick my penknife straight into Katie. There is the pop psychology of the day, run amok. There were Peace Rallies in the 1960s, with stone-throwing anarchists running amok. With Thatcher running amok through the welfare state, lobby groups are preoccupied defending what was once thought unassailable. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► run · I think Mum worried that I might run amok and stick my penknife straight into Katie.· There is the pop psychology of the day, run amok.· There were Peace Rallies in the 1960s, with stone-throwing anarchists running amok.· In court, several boys testified that roaches ran amok inside their apartment.· With Thatcher running amok through the welfare state, lobby groups are preoccupied defending what was once thought unassailable.· The Zekes come in against the line of P-40s, one runs amok as others erupt in flames.· In the same area, a farmer was trampled to death by his cattle, a vicar ran amok in his church.· Perhaps they had been staved in by a bath chair which had run amok! Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► run amok Troops were allowed to run amok in the villages. But speculation about whether he had accomplices has run amok. Don't let him go running amok, Bill. Double-entendre lyrics run amok at this sonic strip club from hell. I think Mum worried that I might run amok and stick my penknife straight into Katie. No, our kids are not running amok. The Zekes come in against the line of P-40s, one runs amok as others erupt in flames. There were Peace Rallies in the 1960s, with stone-throwing anarchists running amok. With Thatcher running amok through the welfare state, lobby groups are preoccupied defending what was once thought unassailable. run amok a)to suddenly behave in a very violent and uncontrolled way:  Drunken troops ran amok in the town. b)to get out of control and cause a lot of problems:  an age in which global capitalism has run amok
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