| 英语单词 | riot |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['raɪət] 美 ['raɪət] |
| 中文释义 | n.暴乱;骚乱;喧闹;(色彩)丰富;<俚>有趣的人 v.闹事;骚乱 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The military were called in to deal with the riot. (2) The outbreak of riot caused many people to die. (3) The police stopped several riots on election night. (4) Football hooligans ran riot through the town. (5) Flowers are blooming in a riot of color. (6) The riot waged for several hours. (7) The riot was suppressed by the army. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 已将军队调来镇压暴乱。 (2) 暴乱的发生使很多人丧生。 (3) 警方在竞选之夜制止了几处骚乱。 (4) 闹事的足球迷在城里胡作非为。 (5) 百花齐放,万紫千红。 (6) 骚乱进行了好几个小时。 (7) 那场骚乱被军队镇压了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A riot is a violent outburst by a crowd. When the principal didn't declare a snow day, even with five inches on the ground already, students rioted, gathering outside and throwing snowballs. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The meaning of riot has stretched over the years. You would say "She is a riot" about a funny or outrageous person. A loud clothing combination might represent a riot of texture and color. When something runs riot, it has been allowed to get out of control. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]暴乱;骚动;暴动 When there is a riot, a crowd of people behave violently in a public place, for example they fight, throw stones, or damage buildings and vehicles.
2 [VERB 动词]闹事;发动暴乱 If people riot, they behave violently in a public place. [V]
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3 [N-SING 单数名词]五颜六色;丰富多彩;各种各样 If you say that there is a riot of something pleasant such as colour, you mean that there is a large amount of various types of it. [ [approval]
4 [PHRASE 短语]严厉警告…停止闹事;严厉警告…注意言行 If someone in authority reads you the riot act, they tell you that you will be punished unless you start behaving properly. [V inflects]
5 [PHRASE 短语]失去控制;变得狂乱;无法无天 If people run riot, they behave in a wild and uncontrolled manner. [V inflects]
6 [PHRASE 短语](想象力等)狂野,不受拘束,任意发挥 If something such as your imagination runs riot, it is not limited or controlled, and produces ideas that are new or exciting, rather than sensible. [V inflects]
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