| 单词 | wrecker |
| 释义 | wrecker /rek"euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that wrecks. 2. a person, car, or train employed in removing wreckage, debris, etc., as from railroad tracks. 3. Also called tow car, tow truck. a vehicle equipped with a mechanical apparatus for hoisting and pulling, used to tow wrecked, disabled, or stalled automobiles. 4. Also called housewrecker. a person whose business it is to demolish and remove houses or other buildings, as in clearing sites for other use. 5. a person or vessel employed in recovering salvage from wrecked or disabled vessels. 6. a person who plunders wrecks, esp. after exhibiting false signals in order to cause shipwrecks. [1795-1805; WRECK + -ER1] |
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