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rack

英 [ræk]

美 [ræk]

n.  支架; 架子; (旧时的)拉肢刑具; (羊、猪等带前肋的)颈脊肉
v.  使痛苦不堪; 使受折磨

复数：racks　过去分词：racked　过去式：racked　现在分词：racking　第三人称单数：racks　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6006 / COCA.4151

短语动词

rack up
1. （企业）大量实现（利润、销售），惨遭（亏损）；（选手或运动队）频频获得（胜利）  

短语用例

    rack up sth

    • 累积；聚集（某物）；累计（得分）
      to collect sth, such as profits or losses in a business, or points in a competition
      1. a vegetable/wine/plate/toast rack
        蔬菜 / 酒瓶 / 盘碟 / 面包片架
      2. I looked through a rack of clothes at the back of the shop.
        我看遍了挂在商店尽里面的一架子衣服。

    习惯用语

      n.

        go to rack and ruin
      • 变得一团糟
        to get into a bad condition
      • They let the house go to rack and ruin.
        这房子越来越破旧，他们也不管。
        • off the rackoff the rackon the rack
      • 倍感压力；焦虑万分；痛苦不堪
        feeling extreme pressure, anxiety or pain

      v.

        rack your brain(s)
      • 绞尽脑汁；冥思苦想
        to think very hard or for a long time about sth
      • She racked her brains, trying to remember exactly what she had said.
        她绞尽脑汁，想要回忆起她到底说过些什么话。

      牛津词典

        noun

        • 支架；架子
          a piece of equipment, usually made of metal or wooden bars, that is used for holding things or for hanging things on
          1. a vegetable/wine/plate/toast rack
            蔬菜 / 酒瓶 / 盘碟 / 面包片架
          2. I looked through a rack of clothes at the back of the shop.
            我看遍了挂在商店尽里面的一架子衣服。
        • （旧时的）拉肢刑具
          an instrument of torture , used in the past for punishing and hurting people. Their arms and legs were tied to the wooden frame and then pulled in opposite directions, stretching the body.
          1. （羊、猪等带前肋的）颈脊肉
            a particular piece of meat that includes the front ribs and is cooked in the oven
            1. （机器的）齿条，齿轨
              a part of a machine that consists of a bar with parts that a wheel or gear can fit into

              verb

              • 使痛苦不堪；使受折磨
                to make sb suffer great physical or mental pain
                1. to be racked with/by guilt
                  深感内疚
                2. Her face was racked with pain.
                  她满脸的痛苦。
                3. Violent sobs racked her whole body.
                  剧烈的抽泣使她全身抽搐。
                4. a racking cough
                  剧烈的咳嗽

              柯林斯词典

                The spelling wrack is also used, mainly for meanings 2 and 3, and mainly in old-fashioned or American English. 亦拼作wrack，主要用于义项2和3，多见于过时英语或美国英语中。

              • See also:My rucksack was too big for the luggage rack...You have to fight to reach the racks of clothes but the bargains are amazing.roof racktoast rack
              • See also:His already infirm body was racked by high fever...The country is now racked by three violent separatist movements....a teenager racked with guilt and anxiety.racking
              • PHRASE 绞尽脑汁；苦苦思索
                If yourackyourbrains, you try very hard to think of something.
                1. She began to rack her brains to remember what had happened at the nursing home.
                  她开始绞尽脑汁地回忆在疗养院发生的事。
              • PHRASE （身体或心理）受到折磨
                If you say that someone ison the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
                1. Only a year ago, he was on the rack with a heroin addiction that began when he was 13.
                  就在一年前，他还被13岁时开始染上的海洛因毒瘾所折磨。
              • 荒废；衰败
                If you say that a placeis going to rack and ruin, you are emphasizing that it is slowly becoming less attractive or less pleasant because no-one is bothering to look after it.
                1. PHRASE （衣服、商品等）现成的，成品的
                  Off-the-rackclothes or goods are made in large numbers, rather than being made specially for a particular person.
                  1. ...the same off-the-rack dress she's been wearing since the night before...
                    她从昨晚就一直穿着的同一件成品裙装
                  2. For our clothes, we went to a shop on Hollywood Boulevard, and we just picked it all off the rack.
                    至于衣服，我们到好莱坞大道上的一家商店里，都是直接挑现成的买。

                  2. in BRIT, use 英国英语用 off-the-peg

                英英释义

                noun

                • a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
                    Synonym:single-foot
                  1. a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
                    1. a support for displaying various articles
                      1. the newspapers were arranged on a rack
                      Synonym:stand
                    2. framework for holding objects
                      1. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
                          Synonym:wheel
                        1. the destruction or collapse of something
                          1. wrack and ruin
                          Synonym:wrack
                        2. rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

                          verb

                          • torture on the rack
                            1. seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
                              1. work on a rack
                                1. rack leather
                              2. stretch to the limits
                                1. rack one's brains
                              3. torment emotionally or mentally
                                  Synonym:tormenttortureexcruciate
                                1. draw off from the lees
                                  1. rack wine
                                2. fly in high wind
                                  1. run before a gale
                                      Synonym:scud
                                    1. go at a rack
                                      1. the horses single-footed
                                      Synonym:single-foot
                                    2. obtain by coercion or intimidation
                                      1. They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
                                      2. They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
                                      Synonym:extortsqueezegougewring
                                    3. put on a rack and pinion
                                      1. rack a camera

                                    双语例句

                                    • She began to rack her brains to remember what had happened at the nursing home.
                                      她开始绞尽脑汁地回忆在疗养院发生的事。
                                    • His already infirm body was racked by high fever
                                      他已经很虚弱的身体受着高烧的折磨。
                                    • My rucksack was too big for the luggage rack
                                      我的背包太大了，行李架上放不下。
                                    • I think I would know if my hat was on the hat rack.
                                      我想我会知道我的帽子是否在帽架上。
                                    • My brain is continually on the rack about the means of living.
                                      我总是为生计而伤神。
                                    • You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise
                                      要做这个，你需要一口带蒸笼篦子的锅，如果没有，就用别的临时凑合一下。
                                    • You have to fight to reach the racks of clothes but the bargains are amazing.
                                      你得费力往前挤才能够到那一架架的衣服，但那些打折品的确超值。
                                    • The cough seemed to rack his body.
                                      他咳得全身震动。
                                    • A rack for temporarily holding coats and hats.
                                      一个暂时的用来挂衣服和帽子的架子。
                                    • This is a rack of drill bits used in the manufacture of those ideas.
                                      这是一个钻头架在生产中使用的这些想法。

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