riot

rebellion, revolt, riot

名词 riot:

1. a public act of violence by an unruly mob
   同义词：public violence
2. a state of disorder involving group violence
   同义词：rioting
3. a joke that seems extremely funny
   同义词：belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow
4. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
   同义词：orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry

动词 riot:

1. take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
2. engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
   同义词：carouse, roister

1. Football hooligans ran riot through the town.
   闹事的足球迷在城里胡作非为。
2. His tongue runs riot.
   他讲话口没遮拦。
3. The police stopped several riots on election night.
   警方在竞选之夜制止了几处骚乱。
4. The football supporters ran riot through the town after the defeat of their team.
   足球队输球后球迷们在街上聚众闹事。

ri.ot

n.（名词）
A wild or turbulent disturbance created by a large number of people.
暴乱：由数量众多的人引起的狂野或骚动的混乱局面
Law A violent disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled for a common purpose.
【法律】 聚众闹事（罪）：由三人或三人以上的人聚集起来为了某一共同目的而导致的破坏公共和平的暴力扰乱
An unrestrained outbreak, as of laughter or passions.
奔放，放纵：尽情发泄，如笑声或激情的发泄
A profusion:
极度丰富：
例句：
The garden was a riot of colors in August.
八月的花园里五彩缤纷

Unrestrained merrymaking; revelry.
狂欢：不加节制的喧闹；狂欢
Debauchery.
放荡
Slang An irresistibly funny person or thing:
【俚语】 有趣的人，有趣的事：非常滑稽有趣的人或事物：
例句：
Isn`t she a riotô
她难道不是个非常有趣的人吗ô

v.（动词）
ri.ot.ed,ri.ot.ing,ri.ots
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To take part in a riot.
闹事：参加暴乱
To live wildly or engage in uncontrolled revelry.
生活放荡，沉缅：狂热地生活或毫无节制的狂欢
To exhibit profusion:
呈现出极度丰富：
例句：
a huge garden in which different flowers rioted during spring and summer.
春天和夏天开了各种各样五彩缤纷的花朵的巨大花园

v.tr.（及物动词）
To waste (money or time) in wild or wanton living:
挥霍，荒淫无度：把（金钱或时间）浪费在放荡挥霍的生活上：
例句：
.rioted his life out, and made an end.(Tennyson)
.荒淫无度的生活必然导致灭亡.(坦尼森)

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French [dispute]
源自 古法语 [争议，争吵]
from rioter [to quarrel]
源自 rioter [争吵，吵架]
perhaps from ruire [to roar]
可能源自 ruire [吼叫]
from Latin rôgore
源自 拉丁语 rôgore

【引伸】
ri.oter
n.（名词）