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berserk

adjective
🔊/bəˈzɜːk/, 🔊/bəˈsɜːk/
🔊/bərˈzɜːrk/, 🔊/bərˈsɜːrk/
 [not usually before noun] (informal)
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  1. very angry, often in a violent way or without control盛怒；暴跳如雷
    • He went berserk when he found out where I'd been.他弄清楚我去过哪儿后勃然大怒。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2
  2. very excited极为激动；兴奋不已；发狂
    • People were going berserk with excitement.人们兴奋得发狂了。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2
    3. Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally as a noun denoting a wild Norse warrior who fought with frenzy): from Old Norse berserkr (noun), probably from birn-, bjorn + serkr ‘coat’, but also possibly from berr ‘bare’ (i.e. without armour).