rampant

dilagante, diffuso

Molto comune o diffuso, soprattutto quando si tratta di qualcosa di dannoso o sbagliato.

In inglese semplice: Very common or widespread, especially when something is harmful or wrong.

• Corruption was rampant in the city.
• The report exposed rampant cheating in schools.
• Rampant disease left many villages without enough workers.

Sinonimi: widespread, rife, prevalent

Contrari: rare

Espressioni comuni: rampant corruption, rampant crime, rampant fraud

incontrollato, sfrenato

Che cresce o continua senza controllo, di solito in modo dannoso.

In inglese semplice: Growing or continuing without control, usually in a harmful way.

• Weeds ran rampant behind the house.
• Rampant growth soon covered the old path.
• Without proper controls, spending can become rampant.

Come si usa: run rampant (Weeds ran rampant in the empty garden.)

Sinonimi: uncontrolled, unchecked, unrestrained

Contrari: controlled, restrained

Espressioni comuni: run rampant, rampant growth, rampant weeds

rampante

Raffigurato di profilo su uno stemma, sulle zampe posteriori e con una zampa anteriore alzata.

In inglese semplice: Shown from the side, standing on the back legs with a front leg raised, on a shield or emblem.

• The shield shows a lion rampant.
• A bear rampant appears on the family's coat of arms.
• The rampant lion faces left with one foreleg raised.

Espressioni comuni: a lion rampant, a bear rampant, a rampant lion

impennato

Che sta sulle due zampe posteriori con quelle anteriori tese in avanti.

In inglese semplice: Standing up on both back legs with the front legs stretched forward.

• The horse stood rampant.
• The trainer demonstrated the stallion's rampant movement.
• A rampant horse must balance on its hind legs.

Sinonimi: rearing

Espressioni comuni: a rampant horse, rampant movement, a rampant stallion