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单词 reck
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Definition of reck in English:

reck

verb rɛkrɛk
archaic
  • 1no object, with negative or in questions Pay heed to something.

    ye reck not of lands or goods
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘Why do men then now not reck his rod?’ What a tremendous line, a savage indictment of humanity's colossal ignorance.
    1. 1.1it recks It is of importance.
      what recks it?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘It recks not now, when all is over’.

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; compare with reckless. The word became common in rhetorical and poetic language in the 19th century.

Rhymes

beck, bedeck, check, cheque, Chiang Kai-shek, crosscheck, Czech, deck, dreck, exec, fleck, heck, hitech, keck, lek, neck, peck, Québec, rec, sec, sneck, spec, speck, spot-check, tec, tech, Toulouse-Lautrec, trek, wreck
 
 

Definition of reck in US English:

reck

verbrɛkrek
archaic
  • 1no object, with negative or in questions Pay heed to something.

    ye reck not of lands or goods
    with clause little recking where she was wandering
    with object he recks not Syria, recks not Britain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘Why do men then now not reck his rod?’ What a tremendous line, a savage indictment of humanity's colossal ignorance.
    1. 1.1it recks It is of importance.
      what recks it?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘It recks not now, when all is over’.

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; compare with reckless. The word became common in rhetorical and poetic language in the 19th century.

 
 
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