英语词汇“rank”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

rank1

/raŋk

noun

1A position in the hierarchy of the armed forces: an army officer of high rank he was promoted to the rank of Captain...

The school system prepares an officer for success at the tactical and operational levels and to serve in positions of a strategic nature at the rank of lieutenant colonel and above.
I can think of nothing finer to do for this general officer today than promote her to the rank of major general.
He also was a 29-year veteran of the military and held the rank of warrant officer in the U.S. Army Reserve.

1.1A position within the hierarchy of an organization or society: only two cabinet members had held ministerial rank before...

He was not within the leading ranks of borough society and performed his citizen's duty only through one stint as chamberlain.
Under this complex system everyone was assigned a rank within society.
Position and rank within an organization mean very little.

Synonyms

position, grade, level, echelon, gradation, point on the scale, rung on the ladder;

class, stratum, status, station, standing

1.2 [mass noun] High social position: persons of rank and breeding...

In this context, jurists and scholars were accorded high social rank.
We are hoping that she will marry well, to a man with security for her and with connections and family and status and even social rank.
The population was sharply stratified by occupation, income, and social rank.

Synonyms

high standing, nobility, aristocracy, blue blood, high birth, eminence, distinction, prestige;

prominence, influence, importance, consequence, power

1.3 Statistics A number specifying position in a numerically ordered series.The STAT scores available for each student range from 100 to 200 for each part and for the total, together with a percentile rank for each....

For the purpose of this study, a percentile rank of [is less than or equal to] 25 was considered below average for that group.
Based on results from the vocabulary and reading comprehension sections, participants were assigned a percentile rank.

1.4(In systemic grammar) the level of a linguistic unit or set of linguistic units in relation to other sets in the hierarchy.

2A single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast: they were drawn up outside their barracks in long ranks...

The young king looked out upon the thousands of soldiers lined in ranks, the curved edges of their swords flashing in the morning light.
By doctrine, to be sure, military police stand in the front ranks of first responders when service support units become incapable of defending themselves.
The clouds seemed to form ranks like soldiers, each line catching a thin strand of orange or pink light on its edge.

Synonyms

row, line, file, column, series, succession, string, train, procession;

queue

2.1A regular row or line of things or people: conifer plantations growing in serried ranks...

With its serried ranks of beach brollies and ribbons of restaurants and hotels lining the seafront, it hardly seems the most promising venue for a music festival.
The grey, flinty slopes covered in the serried ranks of vineyards, gave way to the high pastures, the Alpine meadows, which nourished the famed milch cattle of Switzerland.
As soon as motorists get used to counting two cameras before putting their foot down, it will be necessary to install three in a row, then four and so on until the whole county is covered by serried ranks of cameras.

2.2 Chess Each of the eight rows of eight squares running from side to side across a chessboard. Compare with file².White has his rook on the seventh rank and Black's queenside pawns are very weak....

The first rank is always where White sets up his major pieces; the eighth rank is where Black sets up his major pieces.
The Knight can defend against a RP, even without it's own King, if it can stop the pawn at the sixth rank.

2.3British short for taxi rank.He dismissed any suggestion that the central rank posed a danger to people crossing the road to get a taxi....

He suggested that the Council consider providing one central taxi rank in the town rather than a series of smaller ranks.
They said regular day-time taxi users, who include elderly people and parents with young children, have said they are afraid to queue at the rank because of the situation.

3 (ranks) The people belonging to or constituting a group or class: the ranks of Britain’s unemployed...

The enormous expansion of white collar work throughout the twentieth century meant pushing the vast majority down into the ranks of the working class.
Ever since, the boys in blue have largely come from the ranks of the working and lower middle classes.
Governments rose and fell, new participants swelled the ranks of the political elite, and the middle class kept expanding.

3.1 (the ranks) (In the armed forces) those who are not commissioned officers: he was fined and reduced to the ranks...

Traditionally the British army gives the post of regimental QM to an officer commissioned from the ranks.
For example, the army not only commissioned officers from the ranks, but in November 1942 eradicated all formal educational barriers for officer candidates.
The Army has been drawing officer from the ranks of our soldiers for most of our history.

4 Mathematics The value or the order of the largest non-zero determinant of a given matrix.The rigidity of a matrix is the number of entries in a matrix which need to be changed in order to bring the rank of the matrix down to a certain value....

This is the well-known criterion which says that a system of linear equations has a solution if and only if the rank of the matrix of the associated homogeneous system is equal to the rank of the augmented matrix of the system.
We use a generalized inverse of V, however, in case it is not of full rank; if this occurs, the degrees of freedom are the rank of the matrix V.

verb [with object and adverbial]

1Give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system: students ranked the samples in order of preference [with object and complement]: she is ranked number four in the world...

Because of the increased usage of the Internet for transacting business, students were asked to rank their understanding of e-commerce.
Students would rank each level as if it were a separate program.
To qualify for the Games in 2002, competitors had to show they could deliver a score or time which would rank them within the top ten in their event.

Synonyms

classify, class, categorize, rate, grade, type, order, sort, bracket, group, pigeonhole, designate;

codify, catalogue, file, list, tabulate;

Medicine triage

1.1 [no object, with adverbial] Have a specified rank or place within a grading system: he now ranks third in America...

The playing field is now upgraded with a drainage system and re-turfed to rank among the best in Colombo.
You are able to receive special interest rates that have consistently ranked among the highest in the nation.
But the true of measure of its success is its efficiency, ranked among the best in the world.

Synonyms

have a rank, be graded, be placed, be positioned, have a status, be classed, be classified, be categorized;

belong

1.2 [with object] US Take precedence over (someone) in respect of rank; outrank: the Secretary of State ranks all the other members of the cabinet

2Arrange in a row or rows: the tents were ranked in orderly rows

Synonyms

line up, align, draw up, put/set in order, order, place, position, arrange, dispose, set out, array, range

Phrases

break rank (or ranks)

close ranks

keep rank

pull rank

rise through (or from) the ranks

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'row of things'): from Old French ranc, of Germanic origin; related to ring¹.

In relation to position in a hierarchy, rank has the same root as ring, and has been part of the language since medieval times, when it came into English from Old French. When we talk about the rank and file of an organization we mean the ordinary members as distinct from the leaders. This goes back to the idea of rows and columns of soldiers in military formation, drawn up ‘in rank and file’, the ranks being the rows and the files the columns. If you fail to maintain solidarity with your fellows you break ranks, and if you unite to defend a common interest you close ranks. In the armed forces the ranks are those who are not commissioned officers: if you work your way up from a lowly position to one of seniority you may be said to have risen from the ranks. Rank as an adjective is a different word, which dates back to Old English. Early senses included ‘fully grown’ and ‘luxuriant’, but later meanings involve the idea of disagreeable excess: a rank smell is extremely unpleasant, and rank grass grows too thickly.

Rhymes

rank2

/raŋk

adjective

1(Of vegetation) growing too thickly and coarsely: clumps of rank grass...

We saw the ponies, here to eat the rank vegetation.
Light weight and enormous toes enable them to negotiate rank vegetation by simply walking over the top.
We were up quite high on the southern side of the Uldale, a flank of rough rank grasses, rushes, and countless seepage and springs.

Synonyms

abundant, lush, luxuriant, dense, profuse, flourishing, exuberant, vigorous, productive, spreading, overgrown

informal jungly

2Having a foul or offensive smell: breathing rank air...

Scars were abundant in the little group and there was a definite rank smell about them.
The flesh was pale grey in the thin light and the stomach had a harsh, rank smell.
As she got closer she could smell the sweat on him and the rank smell of horse.

Synonyms

offensive, unpleasant, nasty, disagreeable, revolting, sickening, obnoxious, noxious;

foul-smelling, evil-smelling, fetid, smelly, stinking, reeking, reeky, high, off, rancid, putrid, malodorous, ill-smelling, fusty, musty, stale

British informal niffy, pongy, whiffy, humming

literary noisome, mephitic

rare miasmic, miasmal, olid

2.1 informal Very unpleasant: the tea at work is nice but the coffee’s pretty rank

3 [attributive] (Especially of something bad or deficient) complete and utter (used for emphasis): rank stupidity a rank outsider...

And when taken to extremes, such as at these schools in Kirkland and Puyallup, political correctness sinks to the realm of rank stupidity.
Please, let's not kill the spirit of the season with rank stupidity.
The point about the market is that it is not only immoral - or rather amoral - it is also capable of rank stupidity.

Synonyms

downright, utter, outright, out-and-out, absolute, complete, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, categorical, unequivocal, undeniable, unqualified, unmodified, unrestricted, unmitigated, unconditional, positive, simple, wholesale, all-out, perfect, consummate, patent, pure, total, entire, flat, direct, dead, final, conclusive

archaic arrant

rare right-down

Derivatives

rankly

/ˈraŋkli/ adverb ...

The weeds growing rankly by the roadside showed it in blots and splashes on their big, broad leaves.
It is so rankly deceitful that even he would blush to be involved.
My reading companion is hairy, dirty, rankly fragrant, with holes in his dusty black jeans.

rankness

/ˈraŋknəs/ noun ...

Padlin felt cool, wet air against his cheeks and he caught the rankness of the East River.
Judging by the rankness of the floor and the roughness of the shadows, Peter suspected that he was in some sort of cave.
I worry that she smells the rankness of my sheets.

Origin

Old English ranc 'proud, rebellious, sturdy', also 'fully grown', of Germanic origin. An early sense 'luxuriant' gave rise to 'too luxuriant', whence the negative connotation of modern usage.

单词	rank
释义	rank1 /raŋk / noun 1A position in the hierarchy of the armed forces: an army officer of high rank he was promoted to the rank of Captain... The school system prepares an officer for success at the tactical and operational levels and to serve in positions of a strategic nature at the rank of lieutenant colonel and above. I can think of nothing finer to do for this general officer today than promote her to the rank of major general. He also was a 29-year veteran of the military and held the rank of warrant officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. 1.1A position within the hierarchy of an organization or society: only two cabinet members had held ministerial rank before... He was not within the leading ranks of borough society and performed his citizen's duty only through one stint as chamberlain. Under this complex system everyone was assigned a rank within society. Position and rank within an organization mean very little. Synonyms position, grade, level, echelon, gradation, point on the scale, rung on the ladder; class, stratum, status, station, standing 1.2 [mass noun] High social position: persons of rank and breeding... In this context, jurists and scholars were accorded high social rank. We are hoping that she will marry well, to a man with security for her and with connections and family and status and even social rank. The population was sharply stratified by occupation, income, and social rank. Synonyms high standing, nobility, aristocracy, blue blood, high birth, eminence, distinction, prestige; prominence, influence, importance, consequence, power 1.3 Statistics A number specifying position in a numerically ordered series.The STAT scores available for each student range from 100 to 200 for each part and for the total, together with a percentile rank for each.... For the purpose of this study, a percentile rank of [is less than or equal to] 25 was considered below average for that group. Based on results from the vocabulary and reading comprehension sections, participants were assigned a percentile rank. 1.4(In systemic grammar) the level of a linguistic unit or set of linguistic units in relation to other sets in the hierarchy. 2A single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast: they were drawn up outside their barracks in long ranks... The young king looked out upon the thousands of soldiers lined in ranks, the curved edges of their swords flashing in the morning light. By doctrine, to be sure, military police stand in the front ranks of first responders when service support units become incapable of defending themselves. The clouds seemed to form ranks like soldiers, each line catching a thin strand of orange or pink light on its edge. Synonyms row, line, file, column, series, succession, string, train, procession; queue 2.1A regular row or line of things or people: conifer plantations growing in serried ranks... With its serried ranks of beach brollies and ribbons of restaurants and hotels lining the seafront, it hardly seems the most promising venue for a music festival. The grey, flinty slopes covered in the serried ranks of vineyards, gave way to the high pastures, the Alpine meadows, which nourished the famed milch cattle of Switzerland. As soon as motorists get used to counting two cameras before putting their foot down, it will be necessary to install three in a row, then four and so on until the whole county is covered by serried ranks of cameras. 2.2 Chess Each of the eight rows of eight squares running from side to side across a chessboard. Compare with file².White has his rook on the seventh rank and Black's queenside pawns are very weak.... The first rank is always where White sets up his major pieces; the eighth rank is where Black sets up his major pieces. The Knight can defend against a RP, even without it's own King, if it can stop the pawn at the sixth rank. 2.3British short for taxi rank.He dismissed any suggestion that the central rank posed a danger to people crossing the road to get a taxi.... He suggested that the Council consider providing one central taxi rank in the town rather than a series of smaller ranks. They said regular day-time taxi users, who include elderly people and parents with young children, have said they are afraid to queue at the rank because of the situation. 3 (ranks) The people belonging to or constituting a group or class: the ranks of Britain’s unemployed... The enormous expansion of white collar work throughout the twentieth century meant pushing the vast majority down into the ranks of the working class. Ever since, the boys in blue have largely come from the ranks of the working and lower middle classes. Governments rose and fell, new participants swelled the ranks of the political elite, and the middle class kept expanding. 3.1 (the ranks) (In the armed forces) those who are not commissioned officers: he was fined and reduced to the ranks... Traditionally the British army gives the post of regimental QM to an officer commissioned from the ranks. For example, the army not only commissioned officers from the ranks, but in November 1942 eradicated all formal educational barriers for officer candidates. The Army has been drawing officer from the ranks of our soldiers for most of our history. 4 Mathematics The value or the order of the largest non-zero determinant of a given matrix.The rigidity of a matrix is the number of entries in a matrix which need to be changed in order to bring the rank of the matrix down to a certain value.... This is the well-known criterion which says that a system of linear equations has a solution if and only if the rank of the matrix of the associated homogeneous system is equal to the rank of the augmented matrix of the system. We use a generalized inverse of V, however, in case it is not of full rank; if this occurs, the degrees of freedom are the rank of the matrix V. verb [with object and adverbial] 1Give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system: students ranked the samples in order of preference [with object and complement]: she is ranked number four in the world... Because of the increased usage of the Internet for transacting business, students were asked to rank their understanding of e-commerce. Students would rank each level as if it were a separate program. To qualify for the Games in 2002, competitors had to show they could deliver a score or time which would rank them within the top ten in their event. Synonyms classify, class, categorize, rate, grade, type, order, sort, bracket, group, pigeonhole, designate; codify, catalogue, file, list, tabulate; Medicine triage 1.1 [no object, with adverbial] Have a specified rank or place within a grading system: he now ranks third in America... The playing field is now upgraded with a drainage system and re-turfed to rank among the best in Colombo. You are able to receive special interest rates that have consistently ranked among the highest in the nation. But the true of measure of its success is its efficiency, ranked among the best in the world. Synonyms have a rank, be graded, be placed, be positioned, have a status, be classed, be classified, be categorized; belong 1.2 [with object] US Take precedence over (someone) in respect of rank; outrank: the Secretary of State ranks all the other members of the cabinet 2Arrange in a row or rows: the tents were ranked in orderly rows Synonyms line up, align, draw up, put/set in order, order, place, position, arrange, dispose, set out, array, range Phrases break rank (or ranks) close ranks keep rank pull rank rise through (or from) the ranks Origin Middle English (in the sense 'row of things'): from Old French ranc, of Germanic origin; related to ring¹. In relation to position in a hierarchy, rank has the same root as ring, and has been part of the language since medieval times, when it came into English from Old French. When we talk about the rank and file of an organization we mean the ordinary members as distinct from the leaders. This goes back to the idea of rows and columns of soldiers in military formation, drawn up ‘in rank and file’, the ranks being the rows and the files the columns. If you fail to maintain solidarity with your fellows you break ranks, and if you unite to defend a common interest you close ranks. In the armed forces the ranks are those who are not commissioned officers: if you work your way up from a lowly position to one of seniority you may be said to have risen from the ranks. Rank as an adjective is a different word, which dates back to Old English. Early senses included ‘fully grown’ and ‘luxuriant’, but later meanings involve the idea of disagreeable excess: a rank smell is extremely unpleasant, and rank grass grows too thickly. Rhymes ankh, bank, blank, clank, crank, dank, drank, embank, flank, franc, frank, hank, lank, outflank, outrank, Planck, plank, point-blank, prank, sank, shank, shrank, spank, stank, swank, tank, thank, yank rank2 /raŋk / adjective 1(Of vegetation) growing too thickly and coarsely: clumps of rank grass... We saw the ponies, here to eat the rank vegetation. Light weight and enormous toes enable them to negotiate rank vegetation by simply walking over the top. We were up quite high on the southern side of the Uldale, a flank of rough rank grasses, rushes, and countless seepage and springs. Synonyms abundant, lush, luxuriant, dense, profuse, flourishing, exuberant, vigorous, productive, spreading, overgrown informal jungly 2Having a foul or offensive smell: breathing rank air... Scars were abundant in the little group and there was a definite rank smell about them. The flesh was pale grey in the thin light and the stomach had a harsh, rank smell. As she got closer she could smell the sweat on him and the rank smell of horse. Synonyms offensive, unpleasant, nasty, disagreeable, revolting, sickening, obnoxious, noxious; foul-smelling, evil-smelling, fetid, smelly, stinking, reeking, reeky, high, off, rancid, putrid, malodorous, ill-smelling, fusty, musty, stale British informal niffy, pongy, whiffy, humming literary noisome, mephitic rare miasmic, miasmal, olid 2.1 informal Very unpleasant: the tea at work is nice but the coffee’s pretty rank 3 [attributive] (Especially of something bad or deficient) complete and utter (used for emphasis): rank stupidity a rank outsider... And when taken to extremes, such as at these schools in Kirkland and Puyallup, political correctness sinks to the realm of rank stupidity. Please, let's not kill the spirit of the season with rank stupidity. The point about the market is that it is not only immoral - or rather amoral - it is also capable of rank stupidity. Synonyms downright, utter, outright, out-and-out, absolute, complete, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, categorical, unequivocal, undeniable, unqualified, unmodified, unrestricted, unmitigated, unconditional, positive, simple, wholesale, all-out, perfect, consummate, patent, pure, total, entire, flat, direct, dead, final, conclusive archaic arrant rare right-down Derivatives rankly /ˈraŋkli/ adverb ... The weeds growing rankly by the roadside showed it in blots and splashes on their big, broad leaves. It is so rankly deceitful that even he would blush to be involved. My reading companion is hairy, dirty, rankly fragrant, with holes in his dusty black jeans. rankness /ˈraŋknəs/ noun ... Padlin felt cool, wet air against his cheeks and he caught the rankness of the East River. Judging by the rankness of the floor and the roughness of the shadows, Peter suspected that he was in some sort of cave. I worry that she smells the rankness of my sheets. Origin Old English ranc 'proud, rebellious, sturdy', also 'fully grown', of Germanic origin. An early sense 'luxuriant' gave rise to 'too luxuriant', whence the negative connotation of modern usage.
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