| 释义 |
wrack
I. noun
also rack \ˈrak\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wræc; akin to Old English wrecan to drive, drive out, punish — more at wreak
1. archaic
a. : punishment; also : vengeance
b. : vengeful or hostile attack or persecution
2.
a. : disastrous and violent damage, defeat, or dislocation : ruin, downfall, destruction
< times of wrack and misery — A.L.Kroeber >
< his few acres, heavily mortgaged and gone to wrack — Dixon Wecter >
b. obsolete : a cause of ruin
c. dialect : something that has suffered wrack : something shattered or destroyed
d. : a vestigial remain of something destroyed
< of the original simple scheme hardly a wrack remains — Nathan Isaacs >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English wrak, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English wræc punishment, something driven by the sea
1.
a. : a wrecked ship
b. : a piece of wreckage
< nosing his boat among wrack heaps to salvage piling that has come loose — R.J.Smith >
c.
(1) : shipwreck 2
(2) : shipwreck 3
d. dialect : the violent destruction of a structure, machine, or vehicle
2.
a. : marine vegetation (as eelgrass or various seaweeds); especially : kelp — compare sea wrack
b. : any of various dried seaweeds used for coarse cordage, stuffing, or other purposes
c. : vegetable rubbish collected on water, cast on the shore, or piled in a field : weeds
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English wracken, from wrak shipwreck, wreckage
intransitive verb
obsolete : to become wrecked or ruined : undergo destruction
transitive verb
: to wreck beyond repair : utterly ruin : cause the destruction of
< the wind may wrack a house that isn't adequately nailed — Design for Homes >
Synonyms: see destroy
IV. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: by alteration
: rack IV
< a land wracked by domestic fears and uncertainty — Mark Gayn >
< tend to wrack or distort the car frame — Power >
< wracked with scurvy — Stuart Keate >
< depth charges wracked aft of them — R.O.Bowen >
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by alteration
: rack III
VI. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by alteration
: rack I 2a |