riot的意思

riot

英 /'raɪət/ 美 /'raɪət/

  • 考研
  • 六级
  • 雅思

基本释义

  • n 暴乱;放纵;蔓延

    a situation in which a large crowd of people are behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way, especially when they are protesting about something

  • v 骚乱;放荡

    if a crowd of people riot, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way, for example by fighting the police and damaging cars or buildings

例句

  1. urban riots

    城市骚乱

  2. prison riots

    监狱暴乱

  3. His murder triggered vicious race riots (= caused by a problem between different races ) .

    他的被杀引发了严重的种族骚乱。

短语

  • riot police 防暴警察
  • riot in 沉湎于;热衷于
  • run riot 茂盛;跟错踪迹;胡闹
  • riot act (英)取缔暴动法
  • riot gear 防暴装备

近义词

n 暴乱;放纵;蔓延
vi 骚乱;放荡 sow one's wild oats、easy virtue
vt 浪费,挥霍

同根词

adj riotous 暴乱的;狂欢的;不受约束的;放荡的;茂盛的
adv riotously 暴乱地;骚动地;放纵地
n rioting 暴乱、rioter 暴徒;暴民;骚乱者
v rioting 骚乱(riot的ing形式)