🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 23271 COCA: 18410

wrack

1 of 6

noun (1)

1
a
: a wrecked ship
b
c
: wreck
d
dialect : the violent destruction of a structure, machine, or vehicle
2
a
: marine vegetation
especially : kelp
b
: dried seaweeds

wrack

2 of 6

noun (2)

1
2
: a remnant of something destroyed

wrack

3 of 6

verb (1)

wracked; wracking; wracks

transitive verb

: to utterly ruin : wreck

wrack

4 of 6

verb (2)

wracked; wracking; wracks

wrack

5 of 6

noun (3)

wrack

6 of 6

noun (4)

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English wrak, borrowed from Middle Dutch wrac, wracke & Middle Low German wrak, going back to Germanic *wrak-a- "something driven," noun derivative from the base of Germanic *wrekan- "to drive out, pursue" — more at wreak

Noun (2)

Middle English wrake, wrak, going back to Old English wracu (genitive wræce) & wræc "vengeance, persecution, misery," noun derivatives from the base of Germanic *wrekan- "to drive out, pursue" — more at wreak

Verb (1)

earlier, "to undergo shipwreck, cast ashore by shipwreck," derivative of wrack entry 1

Verb (2)

by alteration

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

1562, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

circa 1555, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

1591, in the meaning defined above

Noun (4)

1794, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wrack was in the 14th century

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime