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单词 wracks
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wrack1 /rak/

noun
  1. Vengeance, punishment (obsolete)
  2. Destruction, devastation (cf rack2)
  3. What remains after devastation, a remnant (in Shakespeare, Tempest IV.1.156, an erroneous alteration of rack; see rack6)
ORIGIN: OE wræc, from wrecan to drive; connected, and confused, with wrack2

wrackˈful adjective (rare)

Destructive

wrack2 /rak/

noun
  1. A wreck (dialect)
  2. Wreckage
  3. Seaweed cast ashore, or growing where it is exposed by the tide (archaic)
  4. Any of the Fucaceae, the bladderwrack family of seaweeds
ORIGIN: MDu or MLGer wrak; cf wrack1

wrack3 /rak/

transitive verb

To torture, torment

ORIGIN: An erroneous spelling of rack1
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