英语词汇“berserk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

berserk

/bəˈzəːk

/ /bəˈsəːk/

adjective

Out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied: a man went berserk with an arsenal of guns...

After the match a section of the spectators went berserk and pandemonium raged.
A drunken holidaymaker who went berserk on a plane during a fit of air rage was today beginning a two-year jail sentence.
They went berserk, insane when the prices fell.

Synonyms

mad, crazy, insane, out of one's mind, hysterical, beside oneself, frenzied, crazed, demented, maniacal, manic, frantic, wound up, worked up, raving, wild;

enraged, raging, out of control, uncontrollable, amok, on the rampage

informal off one's head, up the wall, through the roof, off the deep end, ape, bananas, bonkers, mental, barmy, nutty, nuts, bats, batty, hyper

British informal spare, crackers

North American informal postal

Australian/New Zealand informal crook, berko

vulgar slang apeshit

Origin

Early 19th century (originally as a noun denoting an ancient Norse warrior who fought with wild or uncontrolled ferocity): from Old Norse berserkr (noun), probably from birn-, bjorn (see bear²) + serkr 'coat', but also possibly from berr 'bare' (i.e. without armour).

A berserker was an ancient Norse warrior who fought with wild, uncontrolled ferocity—he went berserk. The name came from an old Scandinavian word, berserkr, which probably meant ‘bear coat’ or ‘bearskin’, a suitably rugged garment for a terrifyingly unhinged Viking. An alternative possibility is that the first element is the equivalent of ‘bare’, referring to fighting without armour. The phrase to go berserk is first recorded in 1896.

单词	berserk
释义	berserk /bəˈzəːk / /bəˈsəːk/ adjective Out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied: a man went berserk* with an arsenal of guns... After the match a section of the spectators went berserk and pandemonium raged. A drunken holidaymaker who went berserk on a plane during a fit of air rage was today beginning a two-year jail sentence. They went berserk, insane when the prices fell. Synonyms mad, crazy, insane, out of one's mind, hysterical, beside oneself, frenzied, crazed, demented, maniacal, manic, frantic, wound up, worked up, raving, wild; enraged, raging, out of control, uncontrollable, amok, on the rampage informal* off one's head, up the wall, through the roof, off the deep end, ape, bananas, bonkers, mental, barmy, nutty, nuts, bats, batty, hyper British informal spare, crackers North American informal postal Australian/New Zealand informal crook, berko vulgar slang apeshit Origin Early 19th century (originally as a noun denoting an ancient Norse warrior who fought with wild or uncontrolled ferocity): from Old Norse berserkr (noun), probably from birn-, bjorn (see bear²) + serkr 'coat', but also possibly from berr 'bare' (i.e. without armour). A berserker was an ancient Norse warrior who fought with wild, uncontrolled ferocity—he went berserk. The name came from an old Scandinavian word, berserkr, which probably meant ‘bear coat’ or ‘bearskin’, a suitably rugged garment for a terrifyingly unhinged Viking. An alternative possibility is that the first element is the equivalent of ‘bare’, referring to fighting without armour. The phrase to go berserk is first recorded in 1896. Rhymes berk, Burke, cirque, dirk, Dunkirk, erk, irk, kirk, lurk, mirk, murk, outwork, perk, quirk, shirk, smirk, stirk, Turk, work
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