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单词 ruck
释义 ruck
I. \ˈrək\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English ruke, roke, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect rūka heap, Old Norse hraukr rick — more at rick
1. chiefly dialect : heap, stack, pile, rick
 < coral rucks sticking out of the water — Blackwood's >
2.
 a. : a large number or quantity taken especially as indistinguishable in the aggregate : assemblage
  < successes emerge from a ruck of smaller undertakings — Carl Van Doren >
 b. : the usual run of persons or things : generality, crowd, multitude
  < wrote the common ruck of the songs I was listening to — Max Beerbohm >
  < qualities that are bound to raise a man out of the ruck — G.W.Johnson >
  < from the ruck of routine, there arose a diversion — A.R.Griffin >
 c. : mass, jumble
  < what I feel about the ruck of recent verse — J.L.Lowes >
  < a great ruck of textbooks — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
  < picked our way through the ruck, lighting matches … when we found ourselves trapped in blind alleys between bales — W.D.Steele >
  < marked the land with the ruck of buffalo bones — Meridel Le Sueur >
3.
 a. : the racehorses running in a group behind those that set the pace
  < come up from the ruck >
 b. : any aggregation of persons or things following the winners or vanguard
  < finish a yacht race in the ruck >
  < the ruck of wagons came after them — Irving Bacheller >
  < war and chaos in its ruck — S.L.A.Marshall >
4. : a group of players of each team in rugby that are close together but not in a set formation
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
chiefly dialect : to rake in a heap
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hrukka wrinkle, akin to Middle High German runke wrinkle, Old English scrincan to shrink — more at shrink
: crease, pucker, wrinkle
IV. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
: to draw or work into wrinkles or creases : pucker
 < more micaceous rocks may show a rucking or even small folds — Economic Geology >
— often used with up
 < keeping the shirt from rucking up — advt >
transitive verb
: crease, pucker, wrinkle
 < those whose natures have been rucked and wrinkled with suffering — R.S.Ellery >
— often used with up
 < page was so wet, so rucked up — Elizabeth Taylor >
 < top of the world, here rucked up into gleaming ridges — Phil Stong >
V. \ˈrək, ˈru̇k\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from ruck (III)
dialect Britain : rut, furrow
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