wrack

英 [ræk]

美 [ræk]

n.  失事船只；破坏; 漂积海草
v.  严重伤害；遇难; 彻底破坏

过去分词：wracked　现在分词：wracking　过去式：wracked　复数：wracks　第三人称单数：wracks　

BNC.23271 / COCA.18410

英英释义

noun

• dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
• growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp
  Synonym:sea wrack
• the destruction or collapse of something
  1. wrack and ruin
  Synonym:rack

verb

• smash or break forcefully
  1. The kid busted up the car
  Synonym:bust upwreck

双语例句

• For Chinese parents who wrack their brains thinking of ways to send their kids to top universities, a recently released wealth list may make them think twice.
  对于那些绞尽脑汁想把孩子送往顶尖大学的中国父母来说，近期公布的一项财富排行表可能会让他们对此进行重新考虑。
• The wrack had begun to stink as it rotted in the sun.
  海草残骸在阳光下腐烂，开始变臭了。
• The sky turns black; two-headed calves are born; famine and deprivation wrack the land.
  天空变暗；双头小牛出生；饥荒和穷苦肆虐大地。
• Atmospheric tide; the tides that wrack saturn's moons.
  大气潮；破坏土星卫星的应力。
• Times of wrack and misery
  在毁灭与悲惨的时刻
• Bring to wrack and ruin; bungle
  办事砸了锅
• Periodic crises wrack the capitalist system, and they grow in size and duration.
  周期性的危机破坏着资本主义制度，这种危机的规模在扩大，时间在延长。
• Marketers wrack their brains and develop expensive advertising campaigns solely designed to get prospects to focus on their offers.
  开发一种系统的交叉销售方式能用相对低的费用和努力带来额外的收入。
• Very little impolicy can bring wrack and ruin.
  任何一点闪失就会带来毁灭。
• His breath reeked of tobacco. The wrack had begun to stink as it rotted in the sun.
  他口中带有烟草的臭味.海草残骸在阳光下腐烂，开始变臭了。