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单词 rig
释义

rigverb [ T ]

uk/rɪɡ/us/rɪɡ/-gg-

rig verb [ T ] (DISHONESTLY ARRANGE)

to arrange dishonestly for the result of something, for example an election, to be changed:

Previous elections in the country have been rigged by the ruling party.

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Elections

  • absentee ballot
  • absentee vote
  • absolute majority
  • abstain
  • abstention
  • first-past-the-post
  • franchise
  • general election
  • gerrymandering
  • go to the country idiom
  • landslide
  • nominate
  • rigging
  • running mate
  • safe
  • scrutineer
  • secret ballot
  • show of hands
  • stump
  • vote of confidence

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rig verb [ T ] (FIX IN PLACE)

to fix a piece of equipment in place:

We rigged up a tent between two trees.
The sailors rigged the ship with new sails.

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Placing and positioning an object

  • -based
  • appose
  • bung
  • change sth around
  • consign
  • consign sb/sth to sth
  • fit
  • manoeuvre
  • perch
  • pop
  • position
  • sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth
  • sandwich sth together
  • set sb down
  • set sth down
  • shelve
  • shove
  • stand
  • stuff
  • whack

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Idiom(s)

rig the market

Phrasal verb(s)

rig sb out
rig sth up

rignoun [ C ]

uk/rɪɡ/us/rɪɡ/

rig noun [ C ] (STRUCTURE)

a large structure that is used for removing oil or gas from the ground or the bottom of the sea:

Safety precautions on oil rigs are designed to cope with fires and small-scale explosions.

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Engineering - mining & quarrying

  • borehole
  • coal
  • coal mine
  • digger
  • excavate
  • excavator
  • extract
  • fracking
  • gold mine
  • gravel pit
  • gusher
  • hydraulic fracturing
  • mineral
  • mining
  • oil rig
  • opencast
  • pit
  • quarry
  • slag heap
  • workings

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rig noun [ C ] (TRUCK)

mainly US a truck consisting of two or more parts that bend where they are joined so that the vehicle can turn corners more easily

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Trucks, vans & caravans

  • armored car
  • armoured car
  • bakkie
  • bowser
  • breakdown truck
  • caravan
  • Dormobile
  • dustcart
  • flatbed
  • float
  • heavy goods vehicle
  • horse trailer
  • JCB
  • juggernaut
  • lorry
  • milk truck
  • pantechnicon
  • snowplough
  • tender
  • traction engine

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