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riot

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ri·ot1 /ˈraɪət/ ●●○ noun
1  [countableC]SCPROTEST a situation in which a large crowd of people are behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way, especially when they are protesting about something 騷亂，暴亂，暴動
urban riots
城市騷亂
prison riots
監獄暴亂
His murder triggered vicious race riots (=caused by a problem between different races).
他的被殺引發了嚴重的種族騷亂。
police wearing riot gear (=the special clothing and equipment worn by police officers during a riot)
配有防暴裝備的警察
police in bullet-proof vests and carrying riot shields (=a piece of very hard plastic which police officers stand behind to protect them)
穿防彈背心、持防暴盾牌的警察
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2  run riot 
a) IMAGINEif your imagination, emotions, thoughts etc run riot, you cannot or do not control them 〔想象、感情、思緒等〕無法控制，不加約束
Manufacturers have let their imaginations run riot to create new computer games.
生産商極盡想象之能事，開發設計新的電腦遊戲。
b) LOUD/NOISYif people run riot, they behave in a violent, noisy, and uncontrolled way 狂暴，無法無天
Some people let their children run riot.
有些人聽任孩子胡作非爲。
c) GROW/GET BIGGERif a plant runs riot, it grows very quickly 〔植物〕瘋長，蔓生
Examples from the Corpus
run riot• Confusion ran riot in Ruth's heart.• The objects left in the churchyard were open to all manner of interpretation and imagination could run riot.• Because of her weakened state her imagination had run riot.• All kinds of wild ideas ran riot in my brain.• Ann let her imagination run riot as she wrote.• When Coleridge got on one and let his imagination run riot, he came up with Kubla Khan.• Roses ran riot up the wall.• In the Pilkington final two years ago, they ran riot over the Cherry and Whites.• Now, when far greater things were at stake, she had allowed her emotions to run riot.• Boro threatened to run riot but could not provide the finishing touch.
3  a riot of colour CCOLOUR/COLORsomething with many different bright colours 色彩缤紛，色彩斑斓
The garden is a riot of colour in spring.
春天花園裏五彩缤紛。
Examples from the Corpus
a riot of colour• Ducks are very beautiful, a riot of colour.• Most plastics, however, will display a riot of colour when treated similarly.• In this quiet lane there was an extravagance of wild flowers, a riot of colour.• A Delicious mural was painted, a riot of colour, with the adjoining pub lending us a ladder.• It was a riot of colour and pattern.• Since it was all in bloom, the yard was a riot of colour and scent.
4  read (somebody) the riot act TELL somebody OFFto give someone a strong warning that they must stop causing trouble – used humorously 嚴厲警告（某人）必須停止鬧事〔幽默用法〕
If the kids don’t settle down soon, I’ll go up and read them the riot act.
如果孩子們不馬上安靜下來，我就要上去向他們提出嚴正警告。
Examples from the Corpus
read (somebody) the riot act• Stephanie read Ted the riot act for seeing his old girlfriend.
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
cause a riot
When the election results were announced, it caused riots in the capital.
spark off a riot (=make it start)
The incident sparked off a riot which lasted for three days.
quell a riot (=use force to stop it)
The police marched in to quell the riots.
a riot begins/breaks out/erupts
Riots broke out last month following the verdict.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + riot
a prison riot
The prison riots were caused by bad physical conditions and poor security.
race riots (=caused by a problem between different races)
In 1967, there were race riots in a number of major American cities.
urban/inner-city riots
The urban riots forced the Government to invest in the inner cities.
a serious/major riot
The jail was hit by a serious riot last year.
a full-scale riot (=a serious riot, not only a little fighting)
The disturbance escalated into a full-scale riot.
riot + NOUN
riot police
The city deployed riot police to contain the demonstration.
the riot squad (=a group of police who deal with riots)
Then someone called the riot squad.
Demonstrators clashed with 140 riot squad officers, drawn from the police and the British army.
riot gear (=special clothing worn by police dealing with a riot)
Almost 1,000 officers, many in riot gear, were needed to restore order.
a riot shield (=a plastic shield used by a police officer)
The police moved in on the demonstration using riot shields and tear gas.
riot control
All officers are trained in riot control.
Examples from the Corpus
riot• Riot police used tear gas against the protestors.• Riots erupted in the capital after police banned two anti-government demonstrations.• Wasn't there three thousand men in Tipperary last Saturday in a riot for work, outside this very building.• A peaceful rally turned into a riot after police fired into the crowd.• This guy is a riot.• Isn't that a riot?• A riot in a drab housing project outside Paris leaves one participant on his deathbed, a victim of police brutality.• A riot broke out after a police shooting of a local man.• And loyalists claim a second inmate was blinded for 48 hours after riot squad prison officers turned high-powered hose on his face.• Racial tension boiled over in the inner city riots which spread across the nation last week.• The violent communal riots of 1969 precipitated his resignation as Prime Minister in 1970.• Four days of unrest and anti-government riots left at least three people dead.• Police, many in riot gear, later separated the gangs.• Five days of rioting followed the police shooting of student leaders.• In 1943 there were violent race riots in Detroit in which 25 black people died.• the student riots in Paris in the 1960s• Altogether the riots cost 130 lives and well over $700 million in property damage.• The army was called in to put down the riots.• More than 150 officers battled to end the riots outside the embassy.• By the time the riot was brought under control, the white bus was already back in Dresden.• At least 300 people were killed during the weeklong riots.• There were riots in several cities after it was announced that the price of bread would rise by 200%.
riot shields• Metal riot shields were introduced in 1970.• There were no plastic riot shields, no riot sticks or helmets, no water cannon and no mobile command posts available.• Pickets charged straight into the police riot shields.• It reached a peak as miners surged in against the riot shields.• Other demonstrators have managed to draw pink hearts on most of the riot shields.• Some of the pickets had wrenched riot shields away from the police.
riot2 verb [intransitiveI]
VIOLENTif a crowd of people riot, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way, for example by fighting the police and damaging cars or buildings 發動騷亂，鬧事
University students rioted in protest at tuition fees.
大學生鬧事，抗議學費過高。
—rioting noun [uncountableU]
—rioter noun [countableC]
Examples from the Corpus
riot• In the end, I think, they did not know how to riot.• In July 1834, rioting against abolitionists in New York City resulted in mass destruction of the black section.• Investors have been a tad nervous since indigenous people rioted for several days in March.• Gangs of youths rioted for two nights on the streets of the capital.• Prisoners in several jails have rioted in protest at their appalling conditions.• Hundreds of prisoners rioted on April 1 in the overcrowded prison.• The congress called on the government to reopen schools and Niamey University, closed following rioting on Feb. 27.• At the time of the shooting the students were not rioting or causing civil disruption.• Some, as you know, seek revenge - they riot, they take drugs and generally make damned nuisances of themselves.• When the pyramids began to collapse, crowds rioted throughout the small country and opposition activists demanded that the government step down.
Origin riot1
(1100-1200) Old French “quarrel”

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3784 COCA: 4848
riot

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + RIOT | RIOT + VERB | RIOT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤major, serious嚴重的暴亂▸➤full-scale大規模暴亂▸➤bloody, violent流血／暴力騷亂➤deadly (especially NAmE) 致人死亡的騷亂▸➤inner-city (especially BrE) , street, urban舊城區／街頭／城區暴亂▸➤prison監獄暴亂▸➤race種族騷亂➤political, religious政治暴亂；宗教騷亂➤anti-American, anti-war, etc.反美、反戰等騷亂▸➤student學生暴亂▸➤bread, food爭搶麪包的／爭搶食物的騷亂◇Shortages eventually led to food riots.供應短缺最終引起爭搶食物的暴亂。➤draft (especially NAmE) 徵兵暴動◇the violent draft riots during the Civil War內戰期間爆發的激烈的徵兵暴動➤laugh (NAmE) 笑料百出的東西◇The movie is a laugh riot.這部電影很搞笑。VERB + RIOT➤cause, incite, instigate, provoke, spark, start, trigger引起暴亂；激起暴動；觸發暴動◇The city's housing and unemployment problems provoked serious riots.該市的住房和失業問題引發了嚴重的騷亂。➤put down, quell, stop鎮壓／平息暴亂➤have發生騷亂◇The city had the worst race riot in history.該市發生了史上最嚴重的種族騷亂。RIOT + VERB➤begin, break out, erupt, happen, occur, start騷亂開始；騷亂爆發◇Prison riots broke out over worsening conditions.因為條件越來越差，監獄發生了暴亂。➤ensue, follow暴亂隨後發生RIOT + NOUN➤cop, police, squad防暴警察；防暴隊▸➤gear, gun, helmet, shield防暴裝備；防暴槍；防暴頭盔；防暴盾牌▸➤control防暴PREPOSITION➤during a/the riot, in a/the riot在暴亂中◇He was killed in the riots.他在暴亂中被殺。➤riot against, riot over反對⋯的暴動◇a riot against bread prices麪包價格引發的暴動PHRASES➤run riot鬧事◇Local youths ran riot after the attack.攻擊事件發生後，當地青年開始鬧事。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3784 COCA: 4848
riot noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3784 COCA: 4848

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