wreck

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 rĕk

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something or someone that has been ruined.
    — He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.
  2. The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
    — To the fair haven of my native home, / The vvreck of vvhat I was, fatigued I come, […]
  3. An event in which something is damaged through collision.
    — Hard and obſtinate, / As is a rocke amidſt the raging floods: / gaynſt vvhich a ſhip of ſuccour deſolate, / doth ſuffer vvreck both of her ſelfe and goods.
  4. An event in which something is damaged through collision.; A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed. specifically
  5. Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck. uncountable
    — 2. ... Wreck includes the cargo, stores and tackle of a vessel and all parts of a vessel separated from the vessel, and the property of persons who belong to, are on board or have quitted a vessel that is wrecked, stranded or in distress at any place in Canada.
  6. A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
    — [I]n 1952 more than 7,000 were involved in such a "wreck" in Britain and Ireland.
动词 v.
  1. To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless. transitive
    — He wrecked the car in a collision.
  2. To ruin or dilapidate. transitive
  3. To plunder goods from wrecked ships. obsolete,transitive
  4. To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts. Australia,transitive
  5. To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on. transitive
    — Weak and envy'd, if they should conspire, / They wreck themselves, and he hath his Desire.
  6. To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed. intransitive
    — […] Mrs. Marleen Ketchum was not quite certain if the train wrecked or if the volcano blew its top. It took a moment before she was certain it had to be the passenger train.

词形变化

wrecks plural wrecks present,singular,third-person wrecking participle,present wrecked participle,past wrecked past

词汇关系

近义词
crash ruins
反义词
build construct make produce
衍生词
car wreck catch wreck nerve-wreck nervous wreck shipwreck train wreck wreck car wreck grab wreck havoc wreck of the Hesperus wreck shop wreck yard bewreck check yourself before you wreck yourself wreckage wrecker wreck the hoose juice

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse *wrek (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old High German rehhan, Old Saxon wrekan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan).
词源 2
From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse *wrek (Norwegian and Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old High German rehhan, Old Saxon wrekan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan).
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