noun🔗Share报复,惩罚, 灾难。 Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble."The office gossip eventually faced the wrack of her supervisor, who reassigned her to a less desirable role as punishment for spreading false rumors. "那个办公室八卦精最终遭受了她主管的惩罚,主管为了惩罚她散布谣言,把她调到一个不太受欢迎的岗位。sufferingnegativeoutcomeactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share毁灭,破坏 (except in dialects) Ruin; destruction."The hurricane left the coastal town in complete wrack. "飓风过后,这个沿海小镇彻底变成了一片废墟。disasternegativesufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share残骸,碎片。 The remains; a wreck."The only wrack left after the car accident was twisted metal and shattered glass. "车祸过后,剩下的残骸就只有扭曲的金属和破碎的玻璃了。disasternauticalenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share报仇,雪恨 To execute vengeance; avenge."After being unfairly fired, Sarah vowed to wrack vengeance upon her former boss by exposing his unethical business practices. "被不公正地解雇后,莎拉发誓要报仇雪恨,揭发她前老板不道德的商业行为。actionlawrightChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share折磨,使痛苦。 To worry; tease; torment."The constant noise from the construction outside their apartment began to wrack their nerves. "公寓外面施工的噪音不停地折磨着他们的神经,让他们痛苦不堪。mindemotionsufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share放在架子上,使受折磨 To place in or hang on a rack."The blacksmith will wrack the hot iron to shape it precisely. "铁匠会把烧红的铁块放在铁砧上敲打,以便精确地塑造它的形状。actionworkprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share拷打,折磨。 To torture (someone) on the rack."The cruel jailers threatened to wrack the prisoner until he confessed. "残忍的狱卒威胁要对囚犯施以酷刑,拷打他直到认罪。inhumansufferingactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share折磨,使痛苦. To cause (someone) to suffer pain."The guilt over lying to her best friend began to wrack her conscience. "对最好的朋友撒谎的内疚感开始折磨她的良心。sufferingemotionmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share折磨,勒索 To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion."The demanding workload began to wrack him, leaving him exhausted and constantly stressed. "繁重的工作量开始折磨他,让他精疲力尽, постоянно感到压力巨大。actionsufferingbusinesslaweconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share摆球,将球归位。 To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table."Before the pool game, please wrack the balls tightly in the triangle. "打台球前,请先把球在三角框里摆好摆紧。sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share击打睾丸, 踢裆。 To strike a male in the testicles."The bully tried to wrack him during the fight. "那个恶霸在打架的时候想踢他的裆。sexanatomybodyactionhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share推弹上膛,装弹。 To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm."He had to wrack a round into the old rifle because the automatic feed was broken. "由于自动供弹装置坏了,他不得不手动推弹上膛把子弹装进那支老步枪里。militaryweapontechnicalmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share推弹上膛, 拉枪栓。 To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round."He had to wrack the shotgun to load another shell after missing the clay pigeon. "他打飞了飞靶后,不得不拉枪栓推弹上膛,装填下一发子弹。weaponmilitarymachineactionsporttechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share在架子上淘洗(金属、矿石等)。 To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack."The miner would wrack the ore after crushing it, separating the valuable minerals from the waste rock. "矿工会先把矿石碾碎,然后在架子上淘洗它,把有价值的矿物从废石中分离出来。technicalindustrymaterialprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share捆扎,缠绕。 To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc."The sailor used marline to wrack the two frayed ropes together, creating a stronger, temporary hold. "水手用细绳缠绕捆扎两根磨损的绳子,形成一个更牢固的临时连接。nauticalsailingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share使...产生剪切力, 使...受到剪力作用 (structural engineering) Tending to shear a structure (that is, force it to move in different directions at different points)."Post-and-lintel construction racks easily."柱梁结构容易受到剪力作用而变形。structuretechnicalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share扭,折磨 To stretch a person's joints."The doctor will wrack my shoulder joint to see if it's dislocated after the fall. "医生会扭动我的肩膀关节,看看摔倒后是否脱臼了。bodyphysiologymedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share摧毁,破坏,使痛苦。 To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir"The wind wracked the sailboat across the lake, pushing it quickly toward the shore. "狂风裹挟着帆船,使其飞速掠过湖面,直冲岸边。actionwayenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share飘,飞,消散 To fly, as vapour or broken clouds"The storm had passed, and now the ragged clouds began to wrack across the sky, revealing patches of blue. "暴风雨过后,残缺的云朵开始在空中飘散,露出了几块蓝色天空。weathernatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share澄清,倒桶。 To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs."After several weeks of fermentation, the homebrewer will wrack the beer, carefully siphoning it into a clean container to leave the sediment behind and prevent off-flavors. "经过几周的发酵后,自酿啤酒的人会进行倒桶,小心地将啤酒虹吸到干净的容器中,以留下沉淀物并防止产生异味。drinkfoodprocessindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share溜蹄, 快步小跑. (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace."The old mare began to wrack along the dirt road, her gait surprisingly quick despite her age, as we headed back to the stable. "当我们往马厩赶的时候,那匹老母马开始沿着土路溜蹄,虽然上了年纪,但步伐却出奇地快。animalvehiclesportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share残骸,海难漂流物 Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore, or the right to claim such items."After the storm, villagers searched the beach for any wrack they could salvage from the sunken cargo ship. "风暴过后,村民们在海滩上搜寻,希望能从沉没的货船上找到一些可以打捞的海难漂流物。nauticaloceanpropertydisasterrightChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share海草,海藻。 Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the genus Fucus."After the storm, the beach was covered in wrack. "暴风雨过后,海滩上到处都是冲上来的海草海藻。environmentplantoceanbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水草, 漂浮物 Weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond."After the storm, the pond was covered in wrack: broken branches, leaves, and other debris. "暴风雨过后,池塘里漂满了水草和杂物:断枝、落叶,还有其他垃圾。environmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share高积云,积云. A high flying cloud; a rack."The shepherd pointed to the sky, noting the approaching storm signaled by the growing wrack, and hurried his flock towards the barn. "牧羊人指着天空,注意到逐渐增多的高积云预示着暴风雨即将来临,便赶紧把羊群赶向谷仓。weathernatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share失事,遇难。 To wreck, especially a ship (usually in passive)."The storm wracked the small fishing boat against the rocky shore. "暴风雨把那艘小渔船撞到礁石岸边,使其失事遇难。nauticalsailingdisasteroceanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading