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英语单词 rampage
英美音标 英 ['ræmpeɪdʒ] 美 ['ræmpeɪdʒ]
中文释义 n.暴怒;狂暴行为
v.狂暴地乱冲
英语例句 (1) He went on the rampage after an argument with his wife.
(2) The capture tiger is on the rampage for several days.
(3) We must fight a global war to control this mosquito rampage.
(4) The mob rampaged through the village.
中文例句 (1) 与他妻子争吵之后,他暴跳如雷。
(2) 捕获的老虎几天来一直处于狂躁不安中。
(3) 我们必须在全球范围内展开这场控制虫害的战争。
(4) 这伙暴徒在村中横冲直撞。
vocabulary简明 A rampage is when a group of people is destructive and out of control, like an angry, violent riot following an unpopular political decision.
vocabulary扩展 A single individual can go on a rampage, wreaking havoc and destruction, but the word most often describes the actions of an angry mob. You can also use rampage as a verb, as when furious football fans rampage through a town overturning cars and setting things on fire. The word was originally Scottish, from the Middle English ramp, "rave or rush wildly about."
柯林斯解释
Pronounced /ræm'peɪdʒ/ for meaning 1, and /'ræmpeɪdʒ/ for meaning 2. 义项1读作/ræm'peɪdʒ/,义项2读作/'ræmpeɪdʒ/。
1
[VERB 动词]横冲直撞 When people or animals rampage through a place, they rush about there in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
  [V adv/prep]
  [V-ing]
  • Hundreds of youths rampaged through the town, shop windows were smashed and cars overturned...

    数百名年轻人在镇上横冲直撞,砸碎商店玻璃,掀翻车辆。

  • He used a sword to try to defend his shop from a rampaging mob.

    他拿了一把剑试图保护自己的店不受闹事暴徒的打砸。

2
[PHRASE 短语]横冲直撞;撒野 If people go on the rampage, they rush about in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
  [v PHR]
  • The prisoners went on the rampage destroying everything in their way.

    囚犯撒野闹事,砸毁了所有挡路的东西。

  • ...a bull on the rampage.

    横冲直撞的公牛

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