rick
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ɹɪk/
英文释义
名词 n.
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Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
— There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows;[…].
- A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug.
- A noise, rattling.
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A new and naive boot camp inductee.
— No turning back now, rick: you are the property of the US government now.
- A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
动词 v.
- To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.
- To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc; to wrench.
- To rattle, jingle, make a noise; to chatter.
- To pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull.
- To grumble.
- To scold.
- To raffle.
词形变化
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English *rykke, from Old English hrycce (“rick, heap, pile”), cognate with Scots ruk (“rick”), Norwegian ruka (“rick, haystack”). Related also to Old English hrēac (“rick, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”). Further relations: Dutch rook, Icelandic hraukur, Irish cruach. Doublet of croagh.
词源 2
From earlier wrick, from Middle English wricken, wrikken (“to move back and forth”), probably from Middle Dutch *verwricken or Middle Low German vorwricken. Cognate with West Frisian wrikke, wrikje, Dutch wrikken, Low German wricken, German wricken, Danish vrikke, Swedish vricka.
词源 3
From Middle English *rikken (attested only as palatised variant Middle English richen (“to pull, tug; to move, proceed, run; to twist, turn”)), from Old Norse rykkja (“to move, rock, throw”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkijaną (“to rock, move”). Cognate with English rock. Possibly merged with Middle English wrikken (“to move to and fro, move back and forth”), see Etymology 2 above.
词源 4
Abbreviated form from recruit.
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