rioting n. 暴乱
v. 骚乱(riot的ing形式)
- Theres rioting in the streets.
中文:街上有人闹事. - The soldiers stormed the barricades erected by the rioting crowd.
士兵们向暴乱分子设置的街垒发起了猛攻. - Firemen try to extinguish a burning car outside the Athens Polytechnic during the fourth day of rioting in Greece.
希腊骚乱,第四天,在雅典理工学院外,消防员试图扑灭燃烧的汽车。
rioting[ noun ]
a state of disorder involving group violence
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Riot \Ri"ot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rioted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rioting}.] [OF. rioter; cf. OD. ravotten.]
1. To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton
manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the
like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.
Now he exact of all, wastes in delight,
Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law. --Daniel.
No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.
--Pope.
2. (Law) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or
sedition. See {Riot}, n., 3. --Johnson.