rampant
adj
1 (of disease, crime, etc) flourishing excessively; unrestrained (指疾病、 罪惡等)猖獗的, 遏制不住的
Cholera was rampant in the district. 這個區里霍亂蔓延十分嚴重.
a city of rampant violence 暴力活動失去控制的城市.
2 (of plants) growing too luxuriantly or thickly (指植物)過於繁茂的
Rampant ivy had covered the wall. 密密的常春藤遮住了這面墻.
3 (usu directly after a n 通常直接用於名詞之後) (heraldry 紋) (of an animal on a coat of arms) standing on one hind leg with forelegs raised (指盾形紋章上的動物)用一只後腿站立前腳躍起的
lions rampant 立獅紋章. Cf 參看 couchant.