rampant

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
    — The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.
  2. Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.
    — ‘I forget your coat of arms.’ ‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’
  3. Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.
  4. Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
    — Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.
  5. Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
    — There was rampant corruption in the city.
副词 adv.
  1. Rampantly. informal,nonstandard
    — Things seem to be running rampant around here lately.

词形变化

more rampant comparative most rampant superlative rampaunt alternative,obsolete more rampant comparative most rampant superlative rampaunt alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

下位词
morné
衍生词
counter-rampant rampant gardant rampantly rampantness rampant regardant rampant sejant sejant rampant run rampant
相关词
ramp rampage

词源

词源 1
From Middle English rampand, rampend, present participle of rampen (“to rise by climbing, shoot up, sprout, sty, ascend”), from Old French ramper (“to creep, climb”) (see below), equivalent to ramp + -and or ramp + -ant. Recorded since 1382, "standing on the hind legs" (as in heraldry), later, "fierce, ravenous" (1387). Compare Scots rampand (“rampant”).
Alternatively from Middle English *rampant, from Old French rampant, the present participle of ramper (“to creep, climb”), equivalent to ramp + -ant. Old French ramper derives from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to hook, grapple, climb”), from *rampa, *hrampa (“hook, claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *hrempaną (“to curve, shrivel, shrink, wrinkle”).
词源 2
From Middle English rampand, rampend, present participle of rampen (“to rise by climbing, shoot up, sprout, sty, ascend”), from Old French ramper (“to creep, climb”) (see below), equivalent to ramp + -and or ramp + -ant. Recorded since 1382, "standing on the hind legs" (as in heraldry), later, "fierce, ravenous" (1387). Compare Scots rampand (“rampant”).
Alternatively from Middle English *rampant, from Old French rampant, the present participle of ramper (“to creep, climb”), equivalent to ramp + -ant. Old French ramper derives from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to hook, grapple, climb”), from *rampa, *hrampa (“hook, claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *hrempaną (“to curve, shrivel, shrink, wrinkle”).
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