| 单词 | wreck |
| 释义 | wreck /rek/, n. 1. any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin. 2. wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, esp. when cast ashore. 3. the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck. 4. a 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. 7. to cause the wreck of (a vessel); shipwreck. 8. to involve in a wreck. 9. to cause the ruin or destruction of: to wreck a car. 10. to tear down; demolish: to wreck a building. 11. to ruin or impair severely: Fast living wrecked their health. v.i. 12. to be involved in a wreck; become wrecked: The trains wrecked at the crossing. 13. to act as a wrecker; engage in wrecking. [1200-50; (n.) ME wrec, wrech, wrek < ODan wraekae wreck; (v.) late ME, deriv. of the n.] Syn. 9. destroy, devastate, shatter. See spoil. |
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