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单词 amuck
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•muck or amok/əˈmʌk/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. mad with a wild frenzy:[be + ~]was amuck with rage.

adv., Idiom.
  1. Idioms run or go amuck or amok, [no object] to go or rush about wildly;
    be out of control:The mob had run amuck.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•muck  (ə muk),USA pronunciation adv. 
  1. run or go amuck:
    • to rush about in a murderous frenzy:The maniac ran amuck in the crowd, shooting at random.
    • to rush about wildly;
      lose self-control:When the nightclub caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exits.

adj. 
  1. mad with murderous frenzy.

n. 
  1. amok.
  • variant of amok 1510–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
amuck /əˈmʌk/ n , adv
  1. a variant of amok
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•mok /əˈmʌk, əˈmɑk/USA pronunciation   adj., adv. 
  1. amuck.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•mok  (ə muk, ə mok),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Psychiatry(among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.

adv. 
  1. run or go amok. See amuck (def. 1).

adj. 
  1. amuck.
Also, amuck. 
  • Malay amuk
  • 1865–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
amok /əˈmʌk; əˈmɒk/, amuck /əˈmʌk/ n
  1. a state of murderous frenzy, originally observed among Malays
adv
  1. run amokto run about with or as if with a frenzied desire to kill
Etymology: 17th Century: from Malay amoq furious assault
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