/'raɪət; `raɪət/
n
1 [C] wild or violent disturbance by a crowd of people 暴乱; 骚乱
*Riots broke out in several areas. 有几个地方发生了骚乱.
* The police succeeded in quelling the riot. 警方把暴乱镇压了下去.
* (fig 比喻) There'll be a riot (ie People will be very angry) if the government doesn't invest more in this service. 倘若政府不对此公用事业增加拨款, 就要天下大乱了.
2 [sing] ~ of sth profuse display (of sth) 充分的表现或展示
*The flower-beds were a riot of colour. 花坛里色彩缤纷.
* a riot of emotion 感情的宣泄.
3 a riot [sing] (infml 口) very amusing thing or person 极有趣的事物或人
*She's an absolute riot! 她这个人真逗!
4 (idm 习语) read the Riot Act => read. run `riot behave in a wild, violent or uncontrolled way 撒野; 闹事
*Football hooligans ran riot through the town. 闹事的足球迷在城里胡作非为.
* (fig 比喻) weeds running riot in the garden 园中蔓延滋长的杂草
* Inflation is running riot and prices are out of control. 通货极度†¨胀, 物价失去控制.

v [I, Ipr] take part in a riot 暴动; 闹事
*There's rioting in the streets. 街上有人闹事.
* renewed outbreaks of rioting 骚乱的再度爆发. rioter n person who riots 参加暴乱者; 闹事者.

The Rochester 1964 riot was a riot that occurred in 1964 in Rochester, New York, in the United States. In the early evening of Friday, July 24, 1964, the Rochester Police Department attempted to arrest a 19-year-old intoxicated black male at a street block party and dance.