Word · Frequency #6006
rack
折磨;使痛苦
to cause someone intense physical or mental pain; to torture
- 1.
To place in or hang on a rack.
放置或悬挂在架子上
- 2.
To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
驱动;移动;快速前进;搅动
- 3.
To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
通过排出或虹吸沉淀物来澄清啤酒、葡萄酒或苹果酒,从而阻止进一步发酵。
- 4.
To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
快速小跑,导致身体摇晃或摆动;慢跑。
- 5.
To torture (someone) on the rack.
在刑具上折磨某人
- 6.
To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
像蒸汽或破碎的云一样飞行
- 7.
To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
使某人遭受痛苦
- 8.
To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
拉伸或紧张;通过勒索骚扰或压迫
- 9.
To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
将球放入三角架并在桌上定位
- 10.
To take that which belongs to another, without regard of right or permission.
不顾权利或许可地拿走他人的东西
- 11.
To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
将弹药从弹匣或弹带手动装入自动或半自动枪械的射击位置
- 12.
To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
移动霰弹枪的滑杆以装填下一发子弹
- 13.
To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
在架子上清洗金属、矿石等
- 14.
To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
用纱线、麻线等交叉缠绕将两根绳子绑在一起
- 15.
To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
倾向于剪切结构(即使其在不同点弯曲、倾斜或移动)
把…放在架子上;把…挂上架;把(台球)摆成三角形;摆(球);拉动(枪机/套筒)上膛;(把酒)从沉渣中倒出;换桶澄清;使紧张;绞尽(脑汁);向…榨取
In use
The constant pain racked his body, making it hard to sleep.
She was racking her brain trying to remember where she put the keys.
Guilt racks him every time he thinks about that incident.
Verb forms
base rack · third person racks · -ing racking · past racked · past participle racked
表示‘折磨’或‘使痛苦’时,常用于被动或反身结构。
Connections
Collocations
- rack your brains
- 绞尽脑汁;苦思冥想
- I racked my brains for a solution to the problem.我绞尽脑汁想解决这个问题的方法。
- rack up
- 累积;获得;得分
- She racked up 200 points in the first round.她在第一轮就得了200分。
- be racked with pain
- 痛苦万分;备受折磨
- He was racked with pain after the surgery.手术后他痛苦万分。
- be racked by guilt
- 受愧疚折磨;内心不安
- She was racked by guilt for not telling the truth.她因没有说出实情而内心不安。
- rack the balls
- 把(台球)摆成三角形
- You need to rack the balls before each game.每局比赛开始前你都需要把球摆好。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象台球被摆上三角架(to rack the balls),又像刑架(rack)折磨人——一个 rack 记住‘上架’和‘折磨’两种画面。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:书面或正式语境中描述身心痛苦、日常场景中把物品放到架子上、台球运动中摆放球的位置 rack 作动词时,表示“折磨/使痛苦”比较常见于书面或较正式的表达(如 racked with guilt);表示“放上架子”“摆台球”时用法更中性、面向具体场景。正式度因搭配而异,不宜一概而论。
Grammar Note
及物动词,后直接接宾语
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /æk/ 结尾,与 rack /ræk/ 押韵:back, black, pack, track, crack, sack。注意 rack 读作 /ræk/,不要与 rake /reɪk/ 或 rock /rɒk/ 混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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