单词 | rack |
释义 | Word Frequency rack 1(ræk) noun 1. a framework for holding, carrying, or displaying a specific load or object a plate rack a hat rack a hay rack a luggage rack 2. a toothed bar designed to engage a pinion to form a mechanism that will interconvert rotary and rectilinear motions 3. a framework fixed to an aircraft for carrying bombs, rockets, etc 4. the rack 5. a cause or state of mental or bodily stress, suffering, etc; anguish; torment (esp in the phrase on the rack) 6. vulgar, slang, mainly US a woman's breasts 7. US and Canadian (in pool, snooker, etc) a. the triangular frame used to arrange the balls for the opening shot b. the balls so grouped Brit equivalent: frameverb (transitive) ▶ USAGE See note at wrack18. to torture on the rack 9. Also: wrack to cause great stress or suffering to guilt racked his conscience 10. Also: wrack to strain or shake (something) violently, as by great physical force the storm racked the town 11. to place or arrange in or on a rack to rack bottles of wine 12. to move (parts of machinery or a mechanism) using a toothed rack 13. to raise (rents) exorbitantly; rack-rent 14. rack one's brains Derived forms racker (ˈracker) noun Word origin C14 rekke, probably from Middle Dutch rec framework; related to Old High German recchen to stretch, Old Norse rekja to spread outWord Frequency rack 2(ræk) noun destruction; wreck (obsolete except in the phrase go to rack and ruin) Word origin C16: variant of wrack1Word Frequency rack 3(ræk) noun another word for single-foot, a gait of the horse Word origin C16: perhaps based on rock2Word Frequency rack 4(ræk) noun 1. a group of broken clouds moving in the wind verb 2. (intransitive) (of clouds) to be blown along by the wind Word origin Old English wrǣc what is driven; related to Gothic wraks persecutor, Swedish vrak wreckageWord Frequency rack 5(ræk) verb (transitive) 1. to clear (wine, beer, etc) as by siphoning it off from the dregs 2. to fill a container with (beer, wine, etc) Word origin C15: from Old Provençal arraca, from raca dregs of grapes after pressingWord Frequency rack 6(ræk) noun the neck or rib section of mutton, pork, or veal Word origin Old English hrace; related to Old High German rahho, Danish harke, Swedish harkla to clear one's throat |
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