rack
noun
verb
ræk
noun
1
a
frame
or
shelf
that
has
bars
or
hooks
on
which
you
can
put
things
〔带有横档或钩子的〕架子，搁物架
a
wine
rack
酒架
a
magazine
rack
杂志架
2
the rack
a
piece
of
equipment
that
was
used
in
the
past
to
make
people
suffer
severe
pain
by
stretching
their
bodies
拉肢刑架〔旧时的一种酷刑刑具〕
Thousands
of
people
were
tortured
on
the
rack.
数千人受过拉肢刑架的酷刑。
3
on the rack
in
a
very
difficult
situation
[英，非正式] 处于困境 （窘境 ）
BrE informal
The
company
is
now
well
and
truly
on
the
rack.
公司现在真的是危机重重。
4
go to rack and ruin
if
a
building
goes
to
rack
and
ruin,
it
gradually
gets
into
a
very
bad
condition
because
no
one
has
looked
after
it
〔建筑因缺乏照料而〕破损，毁坏
The
house
had
been
left
to
go
to
rack
and
ruin.
房子已无人看管，日渐破败。
5
a
three-sided
frame
used
for
arranging
the
balls
at
the
start
of
a
game
of
SNOOKER
or
POOL
[美] 〔用于彩色桌球或落袋台球开局时排列球的〕三角框
AmE
6
a rack of lamb/pork
a
fairly
large
piece
of
meat
from
the
side
of
an
animal,
that
contains
several
RIB
bones
羊/猪肋排骨
7
off the rack
if
you
can
buy
something
off
the
rack,
you
can
buy
it
in
a
shop
rather
than
having
it
specially
made
[美] 成品的; 现成的;
AmE BrE
A
lot
of
designer
clothes
are
now
available
off
the
rack.
现在很多名师设计的衣服都有成品卖了。
verb
8
to
make
someone
suffer
great
mental
or
physical
pain
使受〔精神或肉体的〕巨大痛苦
T usually passive 一般用被动态
Great
sobs
racked
her
body
.
她哭得全身抽搐。
be
racked
by/with
sth
Her
face
was
racked
with
pain.
她脸都痛得变形了。
Liza
was
racked
by
guilt.
莉莎深受负罪感的折磨。
9
rack your brains
to
try
very
hard
to
remember
or
think
of
something
绞尽脑汁; 冥思苦想
I
racked
my
brains,
trying
to
remember
his
name.
我绞尽脑汁想记起他的名字。
10
to
get
a
number
or
amount
of
something,
especially
a
number
of
points
in
a
competition
[非正式] 取得〔数目或数量〕; 〔尤指比赛〕得〔分〕
He
racked
up
41
points.
他得到了 41 分。