| [/ˈræmpənt; ˋræmpənt/] adj 用法:
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. 用法:
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. 用法:
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. |