to put, set, place,etc. on the rack: to stretch (faculties, words, etc.) to the limit; to put (a person) in an extremely difficult or awkward…
| 单词 | θ91453 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make physical effort > be at full stretch (2) to be on the rack1599 to put, set, place,etc. on the rack: to stretch (faculties, words, etc.) to the limit; to put (a person) in an extremely difficult or awkward… extend1886 transitive. To stretch forcibly, strain. Manège. (See quot. 1727). Esp. passive and reflexive of a horse: to exert itself to the full; to go ‘all… |
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