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单词 rim-rack
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rim-rackv.

Brit. /ˈrɪmrak/, U.S. /ˈrɪmˌræk/
Forms:

α. 1800s– rim-rack, 1900s– rim-reck.

β. 1800s– rim-wrack, 1900s– rim-wreck.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rim n.1, rack v.1
Etymology: < rim n.1 + rack v.1In β. forms perhaps resulting from association with wreck v.1, wrack v.2
Originally and chiefly North American regional.
transitive. To damage, esp. beyond repair; to destroy, ruin; to cause serious harm to.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)]
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1841 in Times & Seasons (Nauvoo, Illinois) (1842) 15 Jan. 665/2 I am determine [sic] by the help of the Lord God of Israel to be one..to rim rack and centre shake the kingdom of the devil.
1847 Knickerbocker July 15 The wicked shall be rim-racked and hub-broken, and shall wheel by kingdoms into hell!
1862 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 584/1 The hens, turkeys, geese, ducks and pigs get rimracked badly.
a1895 B. Pratt in J. S. Zelie & C. Perry Bill Pratt (1895) xv. 110 Waste it. Twist and tear. Build up and down. Rimrack the cantaginous rocks of the Berkshire, Greylock, and the Hoosac Tunnel.
1912 A. L. Lee Cap'n Joe's Sister (ed. 2) ix. 83 I took a rough chance across in the night after the doctor.., and was rimwrecked and drove onto the rocks.
1952 Amer. Legion Mag. July 5/2 I am going to tell you right now my husband is not joining the American Legion another year if you keep up this rim-racking the Administration.
1979 R. Stevenson in G. Montero We Stood Together iv. 83 In mid-afternoon, in broad daylight on the main street they rim-racked the union office. Smashed it completely.
2005 W. Seavey Working Sea 137 If I had faced the boat into the wind the seas would have just rim-racked her.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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