音标:['ræmpәnt]
a. 猖獗的, 蔓生的, 猛烈的, 跃立作扑击状的
在线英汉词典
rampant的短语、例句:
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adj
1 (of disease, crime, etc) flourishing excessively; unrestrained (指疾病、 罪恶等)猖獗的, 遏制不住的
Cholera was rampant in the district. 这个区里霍乱蔓延十分严重.
a city of rampant violence 暴力活动失去控制的城市.
2 (of plants) growing too luxuriantly or thickly (指植物)过於繁茂的
Rampant ivy had covered the wall. 密密的常春藤遮住了这面墙.
3 (usu directly after a n 通常直接用於名词之後) (heraldry 纹) (of an animal on a coat of arms) standing on one hind leg with forelegs raised (指盾形纹章上的动物)用一只後腿站立前脚跃起的
lions rampant 立狮纹章. Cf 参看 couchant.
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