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单词 wreck
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
wreck /rɛk/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. [countable] a building, structure, or object that has been reduced, destroyed, or greatly damaged.
  2. ruin;
    destruction:[uncountable]the wreck of our dreams.
  3. [countable] a person of ruined physical or mental health.

v. [+ object]
  1. Nauticalto cause the wreck of:wrecked the car.
  2. to tear down;
    demolish:to wreck a building.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wreck  (rek),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
  2. Nauticalwreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, esp. when cast ashore.
  3. Nauticalthe ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation;
    shipwreck.
  4. Nauticala vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc.
  5. the ruin or destruction of anything:the wreck of one's hopes.
  6. a person of ruined health;
    someone in bad shape physically or mentally:The strain of his work left him a wreck.

v.t. 
  1. Nauticalto cause the wreck of (a vessel);
    shipwreck.
  2. to involve in a wreck.
  3. to cause the ruin or destruction of:to wreck a car.
  4. to tear down;
    demolish:to wreck a building.
  5. to ruin or impair severely:Fast living wrecked their health.

v.i. 
  1. to be involved in a wreck;
    become wrecked:The trains wrecked at the crossing.
  2. to act as a wrecker;
    engage in wrecking.
  • Old Danish wrækæ wreck; (verb, verbal) late Middle English, derivative of the noun, nominal
  • (noun, nominal) Middle English wrec, wrech, wrek 1200–50
    • 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged destroy, devastate, shatter. See spoil. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
wreck /rɛk/ vb
  1. to involve in or suffer disaster or destruction
  2. (transitive) to cause the wreck of (a ship)
n
  1. the accidental destruction of a ship at sea
  2. the ship so destroyed
  3. goods cast ashore from a wrecked vessel
  4. a person or thing that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
  5. the remains of something that has been destroyed
  6. old-fashioned the act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked; ruin or destruction
Etymology: 13th Century: from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic rek. See wrack², wreak
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