| 单词 | rack |
| 释义 | rack (ræk ) Word forms: racks , racking , racked language note: The spelling wrack is also used, mainly for meanings [sense 3] and , [sense 4], and mainly in old-fashioned or American English. 1. countable noun A rack is a frame or shelf, usually with bars or hooks, that is used for holding things or for hanging things on. My rucksack was too big for the luggage rack. You have to fight to reach the racks of clothes but the bargains are amazing. 2. See also roof rack, toast rack 3. verb [usually passive] If someone is racked by something such as illness or anxiety, it causes them great suffering or pain. His already infirm body was racked by high fever. [be V-ed + by/with] The country is now racked by three violent separatist movements. [be V-ed by/with n] ...a teenager racked with guilt and anxiety. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: torture, distress, torment, harass 4. See also racking 5. rack one's brain phrase If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something. She began to rack her brains to remember what had happened at the nursing home. 6. on the rack phrase If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally. [journalism] Only a year ago, he was on the rack with a heroin addiction that began when he was 13. Synonyms: in difficulties, suffering, in trouble, having problems 7. go to rack and ruin phrase If you say that a place is 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. [emphasis] 8. off the rack phrase Off-the-rack clothes or goods are made in large numbers, rather than being made specially for a particular person. [US] ...the same off-the-rack dress she's been wearing since the night before. For our clothes, we went to a shop on Hollywood Boulevard, and we just picked it all off the rack. Phrasal verbs: rack up phrasal verb [no passive] If a business racks up profits, losses, or sales, it makes a lot of them. If a sportsman, sportswoman, or team racks up wins, they win a lot of matches or races. Lower rates mean that firms are more likely to rack up profits in the coming months. [VERB PARTICLE noun] India while not racking up such an impressive score beat Japan 3-0. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Idioms: rack your brains to think very hard about something or try very hard to remember it. The old-fashioned spelling ` wrack' is occasionally used instead of ` rack' in this expression. Reformers are racking their brains for a way to slow down these processes. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers on the rack [mainly British] in a state of anxiety, distress, or difficulty They put us on the rack when we were 2-1 up but we came back well and it was great to win with such a late goal. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers rack and ruin something that is going to rack and ruin is falling into a very bad condition, because nobody is looking after it or dealing properly with it The country is going to rack and ruin under this government. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 架子, 使痛苦 Japanese: ･･･掛け 帽子や洋服, 苦しめる |
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