rampant

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a. 猖獗的, 蔓生的, 猛烈的, 跃立作扑击状的

发音

其它 /ˈɹæm.pənt/

词形变化

more rampant 比较级 most rampant 最高级

别名

rampaunt

教材释义与例句

形容词

猖獗的；蔓延的；狂暴的；奔放的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.

    The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.

  2. 2.

    Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.

    政治 纹章
  3. 3.

    Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.

    建筑
  4. 4.

    Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.

    猖獗

    繁茂

    Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.

  5. 5.

    Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.

    There was rampant corruption in the city.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Rampantly.

    非正式

    Things seem to be running rampant around here lately.

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 5

upright vertical erect abundant uncontrolled

相关短语

run rampant 横行, 猖狂 sejant rampant runs rampant running rampant ran rampant

词源

From Middle English rampand, rampend, present participle of rampen (“to rise by climbing, shoot up, sprout, sty, ascend”), from Old French ramper (“to creep, climb”) (see below), equivalent to ramp + -and or ramp + -ant. Recorded since 1382, "standing on the hind legs" (as in heraldry), later, "fierce, ravenous" (1387). Compare Scots rampand (“rampant”). Alternatively from Middle English *rampant, from Old French rampant, the present participle of ramper (“to creep, climb”), equivalent to ramp + -ant. Old French ramper derives from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to hook, grapple, climb”), from *rampa, *hrampa (“hook, claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *hrempaną (“to curve, shrivel, shrink, wrinkle”).

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