rack

[ræk]

n.行李架, （放衣物、碗碟等的）架子, 拷问台, 折磨, （比赛开始前固定球位置的）三角框
vt.使痛苦, 把...放在架子上, 累计取得

n.

1. 架子; 挂物架; (行李)网架[C]

The racks were crowded with new clothes.

架子上挂满了新衣服。

2. 肢刑架, 拷问台[the S]

He lay there groaning like a prisoner stretched out on the rack.

他躺在那里呻吟, 就像一个囚犯被绑在肢刑架上。

3. 极大的苦痛, 折磨[the S]

4. 【机】齿条[C], 装配齿轮之齿棒

5. (风暴等的)破坏力[the S]

Many trees were twisted by the rack of the storms.

很多树被风暴摧折。

vt.

1. 把……放在架子上

2. 对……施肢刑

3. 使受极大痛苦, 折磨

He was racked by doubts.

疑虑折磨着他。

4. 尽力使用; 过度使用

Racking his brains, he couldn't think of a single example.

他绞尽脑汁却连一个例子都想不出来。

词形变化

名词: racker | 动词过去式: racked | 动词过去分词: racked | 动词现在分词: racking | 动词第三人称单数: racks |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.使(身心)受伤害

hurt  torture  pain  torment  agonize  punish  harass  distress  strain

n.架子

framework  shelf  

英英释义

名词 rack:

framework for holding objects

rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

the destruction or collapse of something

同义词：wrack

an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

同义词：wheel

a support for displaying various articles

同义词：stand

a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body

a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

同义词：single-foot

动词 rack:

go at a rack

同义词：single-foot

stretch to the limits

put on a rack and pinion

obtain by coercion or intimidation

同义词：extort, squeeze, gouge, wring

run before a gale

同义词：scud

fly in high wind

draw off from the lees

torment emotionally or mentally

同义词：torment, torture, excruciate

work on a rack

seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

torture on the rack

短语词组

on the rack

1. 十分痛苦

That is why we are on the rack.

那就是我们痛苦的原因所在。

补充

rackrack英:[ræk] 美:[ræk]n.1.行李架2.刑架, 拷问台vt.1.使痛苦, 使焦虑; 绞尽脑汁The pain racked him.痛苦折磨着他。Conscience racks me.我受良心责备。The cough seemed to rack his body.他咳得全身震动。The storm racked the town.风暴在全城肆虐。He racked no rents to maintain the expenses of his establishment.他不向租户索取过高的租金来维持公司的开支。He was racked by remorse.他悔恨交加。She was racked by doubts.她满腹疑虑, 痛苦极了。They have been racked by bitter quarrels.激烈的争吵使他们不得安生。

例句

1. Leave the dishes to dry on the rack.盘子放在碗架上沥干。 2. the same off-the-rack dress she's been wearing since the night before她从前一晚起一直穿着没换的成品连衣裙 3. Jealousy racked him.忌妒心折磨着他。 4. The storm racked the town.暴风雨肆虐着这座镇子。 5. She began to rack her brains to remember what had happened at the nursing home.她开始绞尽脑汁地回忆在疗养院发生的事。 6. He racked all the bottles of wine after dinner.饭后他将一瓶瓶酒都放在酒架上。 7. The traitor refused to confess and was racked at last.叛徒拒不招供，最后被拖到拉肢刑架上施刑。 8. High fever racked his whole body.发高烧使他浑身难受。 9. He racked his camera and pressed down the shutter release.他将照相机的焦距调好，然后按下快门。 10. The author's meaning is so clear that there can be no room to rack the text.作者原意十分清楚，不可能对其文字进行曲解。 11. a spice rack.调味品架。 12. a letter rack.信函架。 13. a hay rack.喂干草的架子。 14. a steering rack.掌舵齿条。 15. he was racked with guilt.他深受内疚煎熬。 16. the shoes were racked neatly beneath the dresses.架子上鞋子整洁地摆放在衣服下。 17. Japan is racking up record trade surpluses with the United States.日本与美国的贸易顺差正在创新高。 18. the wine is racked off into large oak casks.葡萄酒被抽吸进大橡木桶里。 19. I got on the train and put my bags up in the luggage rack.我登上火车，把包放在行李架上。 20. We need a roof rack on the car for all this luggage.我们需要一个车顶架来放所有这些行李。 21. a bike/hat/luggage/magazine/wine rack自行车停车架；帽架；行李架；杂志架；酒瓶架 22. The store has racks of dresses.商店里挂着各式各样的衣服。 23. Place the pie on the middle rack in the oven.把馅饼放在烤箱中层的烤架上。 24. "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。 25. The prisoners were tortured on the rack.囚犯们在肢刑架上受刑。 26. The interviewer put me on the rack and asked some really tough questions.面试官让我备受煎熬，问了些确实很难的问题。 27. a car with rack and pinion steering带齿条齿轮式转向装置的车 28. a deer with a huge rack长着巨型角的鹿 29. soldiers heading back to the rack after a long day度过漫长的一天后上床休息的士兵们 30. a tight/loose rack紧凑/松散地呈三角形排列的台球 31. He bought that suit off the rack. [=(Brit) off the peg]他买了那套成衣。 32. They had their opponents on the rack in the first half.上半场他们让对手备受折磨。 33. 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。 34. a body racked by disease受疾病折磨的身体 35. 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。 36. The country was racked by civil war.这个国家深受内战之苦。 37. rack the balls (up) and we'll play some pool.把台球摆好，我们要玩会儿台球。 38. I wanted to rack up as many points as possible.我想尽可能多地攒积分。 39. The company has racked up huge losses/sales.公司累计损失/销量巨大。 40. "I've been racking my brain, but I can't remember his name."我绞尽脑汁还是想不起他的名字。 41. We had (a) rack of lamb for dinner.我们晚饭吃了羊排。 42. The old house has gone to rack and ruin. [=has become ruined]这所老房子已经破烂不堪了。