Berserk



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 狂怒的, 疯狂的
• ［英］ adj. 狂怒的, 疯狂的 ( violent or destructive rage or frenzy)
• ［记］ ber ( 穿) +serk ( 衣服shirt) , 原指古代斯堪的纳维亚穿衣打仗的武士, 因为胆怯发疯
• ［例］ The berserk customer started pulling items off the shelf.

Webster Collegiate

kI. noun or berserker

• Etymology: Old Norse berserkr, probably from ber- bear + serkr shirt
• Date: 1818
• 1. an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable
• 2. one whose actions are recklessly defiant

II. adjective

• Date: 1851
• frenzied, crazed — usually used in the phrase go berserk<sinister ravings of an imagination gone berserk — John Gruen>
• ? berserk adverb
• ? berserkly adverb

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