rack
noun
Definitions of rack noun
structure(结构)
- Countable(可数名词)
a structure of bars or shelves used for holding or displaying items.
框架;支架;置物架
a rack for drying dishes after washing.
一个用来晾干洗好的碗盘的架子。
I saw a rack full of potato chips at the supermarket.
我在超市看到一个放满薯片的架子。
She hung her coat on the rack behind the door.
她把外套挂在门后的架子上。
game(游戏)
- Countable(可数名词)
a triangular frame used to position the balls at the beginning of a game of billiards or pool.
(台球或桌球中用于排列球的)三角框
He carefully placed the balls in the rack.
他小心地把球放进三角框里。
The referee removed the rack from the pool table.
裁判从台球台上移除了三角框。
Players must use a rack to set up the balls.
玩家必须使用三角框来排列球。
food(食物)
- Countable(可数名词)Uncountable(不可数名词)
a cut of meat, typically from the neck of a sheep or pig.
(羊或猪的)颈部肉
The chef roasted a rack of lamb with rosemary and garlic.
主厨用迷迭香和大蒜烤了一块羊颈肉。
We bought a rack of pork from the local butcher shop.
我们从当地的肉店买了一块猪颈肉。
Roast rack of lamb is a signature dish at their restaurant.
烤羊颈肉是他们餐厅的招牌菜。
mechanism(机械)
- Countable(可数名词)
a toothed bar that meshes with a gear, often used in mechanisms to convert rotational motion into linear motion.
齿条;齿轨
The machine uses a rack to move the platform.
这台机器使用齿条来移动平台。
Rack and pinion systems are common in many industrial applications.
齿条和小齿轮系统在许多工业应用中很常见。
They are checking the rack for any damage.
他们正在检查齿条是否有损坏。
Phrases of rack noun
- rack and ruin
A state of severe damage, decay, or destruction; a condition of complete ruin or dilapidation.
衰败的状态;破败不堪
• The old house fell into rack and ruin due to years of neglect.
这栋老房子由于多年无人照料,已陷入破败不堪的状态。
verb
Definitions of rack verb
- Transitive(及物动词)Usually passive(通常被动)
to cause great physical or mental suffering to a person or animal.
使(身体或精神上)遭受剧痛;折磨
The illness racked his body with pain.
疾病使他全身剧痛。
She was racked by feelings of guilt.
她被罪恶感折磨。
The country was racked by long term economic hardship.
这个国家长期受到经济困难的折磨。
Idioms
- rack your brains
to make a great effort to think of or remember something.
费尽心思
• I've been racking my brains trying to figure out how to solve this problem.
我一直在绞尽脑汁试图找出解决这个问题的方法。
- be on the rack
To experience severe physical or mental suffering; to be in a state of extreme distress or torment.
痛苦不堪
• He was on the rack while waiting for the exam results.
他在等待考试结果时感到极度煎熬。
Phrasal Verbs of rack
- rack something up
to gradually accumulate more points, profits, and similar gains.
不断累积(得分或利润);累计;聚集
• He racked up points throughout the competition, ultimately winning the championship.
他在整个比赛中不断累积分数,最终赢得了冠军。
- rack off
to depart or move away, often utilized as an impolite command for someone to leave
滚开(粗俗用语)
• When he started taking my food, I angrily told him to rack off.
当他开始拿我的食物时,我生气地叫他滚开。