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riot

英  [ˈraɪət]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • riots

    1. [SING 单数型名词] 暴乱

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    Twelve inmates have been killed during a riot at the prison.

    十二名囚犯在该监狱里的一次暴乱中丧生。

    2. [SING 单数型名词] （颜色等）丰富多样

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    It would be a riot of colour, of poppies and irises and flowers of every kind.

    那将会是由罂粟花、鸢尾花以及各种花卉组成的五彩斑斓的颜色。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • read someone the riot act

    1. 向某人提出不良行为警告

    If someone in authority reads you the riot act, they tell you that you will be punished unless you start behaving properly.

    双语例句

    例：

    I'm glad you read the riot act to Billy. He's still a kid and still needs to be told what to do.

    我很高兴你警告比利不许胡闹。他还是个孩子，需要有人指导。

  • run riot

    1. （想象力等）肆意驰骋

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    She dressed strictly for comfort and economy, but let her imagination run riot with costume jewellery.

    她穿衣服严格地遵循舒适和经济的原则，但是在佩戴首饰方面则肆意发挥想象力。

    2. 肆意撒野

    If people run riot, they behave in a wild and uncontrolled manner.

    双语例句

    例：

    Rampaging prisoners ran riot through the jail.

    闹事的囚犯在监狱里肆意撒野。

    VERB. 动词

  • riots , rioting , rioted

    1. [I 不及物动词] 闹事

    If people riot, they behave violently in a public place.

    双语例句

    例：

    Last year 600 inmates rioted, starting fires and building barricades.

    去年600名囚犯闹事，放火并制造路障。

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