| 单词 | wrack |
| 释义 | Word Frequency wrack 1 or rack (ræk) noun 1. collapse or destruction (esp in the phrase wrack and ruin) 2. something destroyed or a remnant of such verb ▶ USAGE The use of the spelling wrack rather than rack in sentences such as she was wracked by grief or the country was wracked by civil war is very common but is thought by many people to be incorrect3. a variant spelling of rack1 Word origin Old English wræc persecution, misery; related to Gothic wraka, Old Norse rāk. Compare wreck, wretchWord Frequency wrack 2(ræk) noun 1. seaweed or other marine vegetation that is floating in the sea or has been cast ashore 2. any of various seaweeds of the genus Fucus, such as F. serratus (serrated wrack) 3. literary or dialect a. a wreck or piece of wreckage b. a remnant or fragment of something destroyed Word origin C14 (in the sense: a wrecked ship, wreckage, hence later applied to marine vegetationwashed ashore): perhaps from Middle Dutch wrak wreckage; the term corresponds to Old English wræc wrack1 |
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