plural racks
plural racks
Learner's definition of RACK
1
[count] : a frame or stand that has shelves, hooks, slots, etc., in which or on which you place things架子;支架 -
a bike/hat/luggage/magazine/wine rack自行车停车架;帽架;行李架;杂志架;酒瓶架
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The store has racks of dresses.商店里挂着各式各样的衣服。
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Place the pie on the middle rack in the oven.把馅饼放在烤箱中层的烤架上。
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During the store's sales, the clothes were flying off the rack. [=people were buying the clothes very quickly]商店甩卖期间,各式各样的衣服都被一抢而空。
— see also dish rack, roof rack 2
the rack : a machine used in the past to hurt people by stretching their bodies肢刑架(旧时一种牵拉四肢的刑具) —
sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻 3
[count] technical : a bar with teeth that fit into a gear or a wheel in a machine(机器的)齿条,齿轨 4
[count] : a pair of antlers一对鹿角 5
[count] US, informal : 1bed 1 6 [count] US
a : a triangular frame that is used to group the balls together in a billiard game(固定台球球位的)三角框
b : a group of billiard balls that have been set up with a rack(台球比赛开局前)摆成三角形的台球
off the rack
US
: in a store where clothes are sold in different sizes that are not made to fit a particular person(衣服)现成的,成品的 — see also off-the-rack
on the rack
British, informal
: in a very bad or difficult situation极度艰难;痛苦不堪 2 rack /ˈræk/ verb
racks; racked; racking
racks; racked; racking
Learner's definition of RACK
[+ object]
1
: to cause (someone or something) to suffer pain or damage使受折磨;使痛苦 —
usually used as (be) racked通常用作(be) racked -
He was racked with/by jealousy [=he was very jealous] when he saw his ex-wife with another man.看到前妻和另一个男人在一起时,他醋意大发。
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a body racked by disease受疾病折磨的身体
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The team has been racked by dissension. [=the team has experienced a lot of dissension]这个团队备受内部纠纷的影响。
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The country was racked by civil war.这个国家深受内战之苦。
2
US : to put (balls) in a rack for a game of billiards(台球比赛开局前)将球摆成三角形
rack up
[phrasal verb] rack up (something) informal
: to achieve or get (something) as time passes : accumulate累积;积聚
rack your brain/brains
: to think very hard in order to try to remember something, solve a problem, etc.绞尽脑汁;冥思苦想 3 rack /ˈræk/ noun
plural racks
plural racks
Learner's definition of RACK
[count, noncount]
: a cut of meat from a lamb or pig that includes some of the ribs羊(或猪)肋排 4 rack /ˈræk/ noun
Learner's definition of RACK
[noncount]
: the state of being destroyed or ruined毁灭;毁坏