wrack and ruin
collocation彻底毁灭;破败不堪
The old mansion was left to wrack and ruin after the fire.
大火过后,那座旧宅邸沦为一片废墟。
海藻;海草
wracks — plural of wrack
残骸;废墟;漂浮水草;水上漂浮物;流云;浮云;残骸;被冲上岸的海洋植物,尤其是海藻
Marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed.
残骸
The remains of something; a wreck.
被冲上岸的海洋植物,尤其是海藻
Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the family Fucaceae.
漂浮物
Weeds, vegetation, or rubbish floating on a river or pond.
高空飞行的云;云层
A high, flying cloud; a rack.
The children collected wrack along the shoreline after the storm.
暴风雨过后,孩子们沿着海岸线收集被冲上岸的海藻。
用法提示:wrack 作名词,指被海水冲上岸的海藻。
Farmers on the island use wrack as a natural fertilizer for their fields.
岛上的农民用海草作为田地的天然肥料。
用法提示:wrack 是不可数名词,这里表示用作肥料的海草。
At low tide, a thick layer of wrack covered the rocks.
退潮时,一层厚厚的海藻覆盖了岩石。
用法提示:wrack 作名词,在短语 a thick layer of wrack 中指堆积的海藻。
wreck 更具体、更常用,通常指整艘失事船只;wrack 偏书面,现代英语中较少单独使用。
wreckage 是不可数名词,强调毁坏后散落的碎片和残料,不指完整的失事船只。
debris 范围更广,可用于任何碎屑,不限于船只失事;wrack 更侧重残留物本身。
remains 较宽泛,可指人、建筑或任何残留物,不像 wrack 带失事或漂流的语义色彩,替换时需补充语境。
彻底毁灭;破败不堪
The old mansion was left to wrack and ruin after the fire.
大火过后,那座旧宅邸沦为一片废墟。
海草;冲上岸的海藻
The storm left piles of sea wrack on the beach.
风暴过后,海滩上留下了一堆堆海草。
墨角藻(一种常见褐藻)
Bladder wrack grows on rocks in the intertidal zone.
墨角藻生长在潮间带的岩石上。
海藻堆积线(高潮时留在沙滩上的海草和碎屑线)
The wrack line shows the highest point reached by the tide.
海藻堆积线标示出潮水到达的最高点。
wrack 常指被冲上岸的海藻或残骸,海岸是其出现的地点。
潮汐会把海藻和残骸带到岸边,与 wrack 的形成有关。
风暴常造成船只残骸,并产生大量漂浮物。
浮木与 wrack 同属被冲到岸边的杂物。
wrack 的一个义项即被冲上岸的海藻。
毁灭;破败
The old house went to wrack and ruin after years of neglect.
这座老房子因多年无人照管而破败不堪。
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