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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• In this way, marine search and rescue personnel could find location of the wrack as soon as possible, so that the searching time-consumption can be reduced effectively and casualties as well as property damage also be decreased.
  这样，海事搜救人员就能够尽早确定遇险船舶位置，使得搜救时间大为减少，从而有效地减少海难事故的造成的人员伤亡和财产损失，提高了海事搜救的效率。
• The Guardian article says this is how FIFA operates: Helicopter into a country, enjoy tax-exempt status, wrack up revenue from corporate sponsors and broadcasters, then take off to the next destination.
  《卫报》报道中称其运营方式为坐着直升机到一个国家，享受免税身份，从赞助商和广播公司那里大捞一笔，然后转战下一个地方。
• 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。
• The wrack of the city was still hot from the fire.
  这城市的残骸，仍因火灾还是热的。
• 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。
• Bring to wrack and ruin; bungle
  办事砸了锅