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shipwreck

(ʃɪprek)
Word forms: plural shipwrecks, past participle shipwrecked
1. variable noun
If there is a shipwreck, a ship is destroyed in an accident at sea.
He was drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Spain.
...the perils of storm and shipwreck.
2. countable noun
A shipwreck is a ship which has been destroyed in an accident at sea.
3. passive verb
If someone is shipwrecked, their ship is destroyed in an accident at sea but they survive and manage to reach land.
He was shipwrecked after visiting the island. [be VERB-ed]
The shipwrecked couple were rescued by two fishermen. [VERB-ed]

shipwreck in British English

(ˈʃɪpˌrɛk)
noun
1. 
the partial or total destruction of a ship at sea
2. 
a wrecked ship or part of such a ship
3. 
ruin or destruction
the shipwreck of all my hopes
verb (transitive)
4. 
to wreck or destroy (a ship)
5. 
to bring to ruin or destruction
Word origin
Old English scipwræc, from ship + wræc something driven by the sea; see wrack2

shipwreck in American English

(ˈʃɪpˌrɛk)
noun
1. 
the remains of a wrecked ship; wreckage
2. 
the loss or destruction of a ship through storm, collision, going aground, etc.
3. 
any ruin, failure, or destruction
verb transitive
4. 
to cause to undergo shipwreck
5. 
to destroy, ruin, or wreck
6. 
to maroon

Examples of 'shipwreck' in a sentence
shipwreck

The aim was to reduce the heavy toll of shipwrecks caused by the crude navigational method of dead reckoning.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
He survived another shipwreck to make it to Germany.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She seemed to be in some distress, clutching her head and talking of a storm and a shipwreck in which all were lost.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A highly respected British diver has died during the exploration of a shipwreck off the coast of Greece.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
shipwreck

British English: shipwreck /ˈʃɪpˌrɛk/ NOUN
When there is a shipwreck, a ship is destroyed in an accident at sea.
...the dangers of storm and shipwreck.
  • American English: shipwreck
  • Arabic: حُطَامُ السَّفِينَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: naufrágio
  • Chinese: 海难
  • Croatian: brodolom
  • Czech: ztroskotání lodi
  • Danish: skibsvrag
  • Dutch: schipbreuk
  • European Spanish: naufragio
  • Finnish: haaksirikko
  • French: naufrage
  • German: Schiffbruch
  • Greek: ναυάγιο
  • Italian: naufragio
  • Japanese: 難破
  • Korean: 난파
  • Norwegian: skipsvrak
  • Polish: wrak
  • European Portuguese: naufrágio
  • Romanian: naufragiu
  • Russian: кораблекрушение
  • Latin American Spanish: naufragio
  • Swedish: skeppsbrott
  • Thai: เรือแตก
  • Turkish: deniz kazası
  • Ukrainian: кораблетроща
  • Vietnamese: vụ đắm tàu

Chinese translation of 'shipwreck'

shipwreck

(ˈʃɪprɛk)

n

  1. (c/u) (= event) 海难(難) (hǎinàn)
  2. (c) (= ship) 失事的船只(隻) (shīshì de chuánzhī)

vt

  1. to be shipwrecked 遭海难(難) (zāo hǎinàn)
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