| 单词 | on the rack |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the rack d. on the rack: in a state of acute physical or mental suffering; in a state of keen anxiety or suspense (now rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > in a state of anguish or torment [phrase] on the gridiron1590 on the rack1600 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > relating to agony or torment > suffering agony or torment forpainedc1400 agoniousa1513 tormented1552 on the rack1600 racked1900 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [phrase] > acutely anxious on the gridiron1590 on the rack1600 on pins and needles1710 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 25 Let me choose, For as I am, I liue vpon the racke. View more context for this quotation 1668 W. Temple Let. to Marq. de Castel Rodrigo in Lett. in Wks. (1731) II. 116 To see him keep us three or four Days on the Rack till the Affair was just breaking. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 170. ¶5 A cool Behaviour sets him on the Rack. 1737 Common Sense I. 178 He was upon the Rack to be satisfied. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. vii. 98 When for some time men's minds had been kept on the rack, it became known [etc.]. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker vii. 105 If there were one thing Pinkerton valued..it was his honesty; if there were one thing he clung to, it was my good opinion; and when both were involved..the man was on the rack. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 359 The body feels the atmosphere. Old Betty's joints are on the rack. < as lemmas |
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