| 单词 | rack |
| 释义 | rack 1. n. & v. --n 1. a a framework usu. with rails, bars, hooks, etc., for holding or storing things. b a frame for holding animal fodder. 2. a cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a wheel or pinion etc., or using pegs to adjust the position of something. 3. hist. an instrument of torture stretching the victim's joints by the turning of rollers to which the wrists and ankles were tied. --vtr. 1. (of disease or pain) inflict suffering on. 2. hist. torture (a person) on the rack. 3. place in or on a rack. 4. shake violently. 5. injure by straining. 6. oppress (tenants) by exacting excessive rent. 7. exhaust (the land) by excessive use. Phrases and idioms on the rack in distress or under strain. rack one's brains make a great mental effort (racked my brains for something to say). rack-railway a railway with a cogged rail between the bearing rails. rack-rent n. 1. a high rent, annually equalling the full value of the property to which it relates. 2. an extortionate rent. --vtr. exact this from (a tenant) or for (land). rack-renter a tenant paying or a landlord exacting an extortionate rent. rack-up US achieve (a score etc.). rack-wheel a cog-wheel. Etymology: ME rakke f. MDu., MLG rak, rek, prob. f. recken stretch 2. n. destruction ( esp. rack and ruin). Etymology: var. of WRACK, WRECK 3. n. a joint of lamb etc. including the front ribs. Etymology: perh. f. RACK(1) 4. v.tr. (often foll. by off) draw off (wine, beer, etc.) from the lees. Etymology: ME f. Prov. arracar f. raca stems and husks of grapes, dregs 5. n. & v. --n driving clouds. --vintr. (of clouds) be driven before the wind. Etymology: ME, prob. of Scand. orig.: cf. Norw. and Sw. dial. rak wreckage etc. f. reka drive 6. n. & v. --n a horse's gait between a trot and a canter. --vintr. progress in this way. |
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