rank

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/ˈɹeɪ̯ŋk/|[ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋk]|/ˈɹɛ̃ŋk/|[ˈɹʷɛ̃ŋk]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers. countable,uncountable
    — The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.
  2. One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). countable,uncountable
  3. The value of a playing card. countable,uncountable
    — The ranks are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace.
  4. In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal. countable,uncountable
  5. One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, popularity, or quality. countable,uncountable
    — Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.
  6. The level of one's position in a class-based society. countable,uncountable
  7. A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation. countable,uncountable
    — a membership drawn from the ranks of wealthy European businessmen
  8. A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military. countable,uncountable
    — Private First Class (PFC) is the second-lowest rank in the Marines.
  9. A level in a scientific taxonomy system. countable,uncountable
    — Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.
  10. The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor. countable,uncountable
  11. The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix. countable,uncountable
  12. The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D). countable,uncountable
  13. The size of any basis of a given matroid. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To place abreast or in a line. transitive
    — She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, / Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. / […] / His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes / Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnovves vvhere he feeds / His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants.
  2. To have a ranking. intransitive
    — Their defense ranked third in the league.
  3. To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify. transitive
    — Ranking all things under general and special heads.
  4. To take the rank of; to outrank. US,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.; Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross. obsolete
    — rank grass
  2. Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.; Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.; Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile. obsolete
    — rank land
  3. Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.; Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.; Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric. obsolete
    — The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple […]
  4. Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.; Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome. obsolete
  5. Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.; Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.; Gross, disgusting, foul. informal,obsolete
  6. Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.; Headstrong; difficult to control. obsolete
    — If Safford happens to be driving a "rank" horse, one that insists on getting away fast, he goes along with the rest, […]
  7. Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.
    — Your gym clothes are rank, bro – when'd you last wash 'em?
  8. complete, unmitigated, utter. emphatic,intensifier,negative
    — rank treason
  9. lustful; lascivious obsolete
    — the ewes being rank, In end of autumn turned to the rams
副词 adv.
  1. Quickly, eagerly, impetuously. obsolete
    — The seely man seeing him ryde so rancke, / And ayme at him, fell flat to ground for feare […].

词形变化

ranker comparative more rank comparative rankest superlative most rank superlative ranck alternative,obsolete more rank comparative most rank superlative ranck alternative,obsolete ranks plural ranck alternative,obsolete ranks present,singular,third-person ranking participle,present ranked participle,past ranked past ranck alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
From Middle English rank (“strong, proud”), from Old English ranc (“proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent, forward, overbearing, showy, ostentatious, splendid, bold, valiant, noble, brave, strong, full-grown, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rank, from Proto-Germanic *rankaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Dutch rank (“slender, slim”), Low German rank (“slender, projecting, lank”), Danish rank (“straight, erect, slender”), Swedish rank (“slender, shaky, wonky”), Icelandic rakkur (“straight, slender, bold, valiant”).
词源 2
From Middle English rank (“line, row”), from Old French ranc, rang, reng (“line, row, rank”) (Modern French rang), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”).
Akin to Old High German (h)ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). Doublet of ring and rink.
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