riot /ˈraɪət/ CET4 TEM4 ( rioting, rioted, riots )

• 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. 暴乱

  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. 

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

  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。

• 3. 

  rioter N-COUNT 闹事者

  例：

  The militia dispersed the rioters.

  民兵驱散了闹事者。

• 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. (颜色等) 丰富多样 [表赞许]

  例：

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

  那将会是五彩斑斓的颜色，由罂粟花、鸢尾花以及各种花卉组成。

• 5. 

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

  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.

  我很高兴你向比利提出了不良行为警告。他还是个孩子，还是需要有人指导。

• 6. 

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

  例：

  Rampaging prisoners ran riot through the jail.

  闹事的囚犯在监狱里肆意撒野。

• 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) 肆意驰骋

  例：

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

  她穿衣服严格地追求舒适和经济，但是在佩戴时装首饰方面则让其想像力肆意发挥。