riot

1. N-COUNT 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. 暴亂

Twelve inmates have been killed during a riot at the prison. 十二名囚犯在該監(jiān)獄里的一次暴亂中喪生。

2. V-I If people riot, they behave violently in a public place. 鬧事

Last year 600 inmates rioted, starting fires and building barricades. 去年600名囚犯鬧事，放火并制造路障。

3. rioterN-COUNT 鬧事者

The militia dispersed the rioters. 民兵驅(qū)散了鬧事者。

4. N-SING 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. (顏色等) 豐富多樣[表贊許]

It would be a riot of colour, of poppies and irises and flowers of every kind. 那將會是五彩斑斕的顏色，由罌粟花、鳶尾花以及各種花卉組成。

5. PHRASE If someone in authority reads you the riot act, they tell you that you will be punished unless you start behaving properly. 向某人提出不良行為警告

I'm glad you read the riot act to Billy. He's still a kid and still needs to be told what to do. 我很高興你向比利提出了不良行為警告。他還是個孩子，還是需要有人指導(dǎo)。

6. PHRASE If people run riot, they behave in a wild and uncontrolled manner. 肆意撒野

Rampaging prisoners ran riot through the jail. 鬧事的囚犯在監(jiān)獄里肆意撒野。

7. PHRASE 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. (想像力等) 肆意馳騁

She dressed strictly for comfort and economy, but let her imagination run riot with costume jewellery. 她穿衣服嚴(yán)格地追求舒適和經(jīng)濟(jì)，但是在佩戴時裝首飾方面則讓其想像力肆意發(fā)揮。