单词 | wreak |
释义 | wreak I. 1. a. (1) archaic < wreak thy wrongs in battle line — Sir Walter Scott > (2) archaic < grant me some knight to … wreak me for my son — Alfred Tennyson > b. < the woeful retribution Nature wreaked upon a life of indulgence — George Meredith > < wreak vengeance on the disturbers of their rights — R.W.Southern > 2. a. < must wreak my anger somewhere — H.J.Laski > < during one of these explosions he wreaks the fullness of his fury upon his wife — Michele Cantarella > < could wreak his hungry curiosity upon her — Arnold Bennett > b. < an agony quickly wreaked and exhausted — F.J.Mather > < wreaking our energies upon reforms — B.N.Cardozo > 3. < employed to wreak evil on personal enemies — Notes & Queries on Anthropology > < the terribly severe winter … wreaked havoc among the animals — Alexander Tewnion > II. archaic |
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