单词 | on the rampage |
释义 | > as lemmason the (also a) rampage The action or an act of rampaging; a state of excitement or violent passion; (also) a period of violent, uncontrollable, and usually destructive behaviour, typically by a group of people. Chiefly in on the (also a) rampage. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [noun] > fit of violent emotion furyc1374 ecstasyc1384 ethroclytes1485 extremity1509 vehemency1612 rapturea1616 rapture1620 fit1654 transport1658 vehemence1741 orgasma1763 rave1765 rampage1860 brainstorm1861 tear1880 maenadism1883 the mind > emotion > excitement > riotous excitement > [noun] hoigh1576 rooty-toot1852 rampage1860 razzle-dazzle1888 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > reckless or riotous outragec1300 outraya1425 reeling1487 stroke and strifec1510 rampage1860 rampageousness1883 wilding1989 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [phrase] > with reckless or riotous violence on the (also a) rampage1860 1860 C. Dickens Great Expectations ii, in All Year Round 1 Dec. 171/1 She's been on the Ram-page this last spell, about five minutes. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xi. 147 She leaves his charming society to go off on a wild rampage through the country. 1891 Spectator 10 Oct. 487 The Irish Members..think a rampage will guarantee their seats. 1906 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Aug. 335 The raven..sets on her shoulder often when she rides her breakneck rampages. 1927 H. Crane Let. 19 Dec. (1965) 313 Her drunken and exclamatory rampage through Edificios Blancos [sc. H. Crane's White Buildings]. 1955 Times 29 Aug. 10/5 Mr. Jack Warner, representing Scotland Yard, is indeed a comfort to have at hand when Things are on the rampage. 1967 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 1 Apr. (TV Mag.) 8 a/2 A gang on a rampage through Matt Dillon's territory. 2002 J. B. Jacobs Can Gun Control Work? i. 7 Homicidal rampages at school naturally and justifiably attract enormous media attention. < as lemmas |
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