Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #23271
wracks
海藻;海草
wracks is the plural of wrack.
Marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed.
- 1.
The remains of something; a wreck.
残骸
- 2.
Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the family Fucaceae.
被冲上岸的海洋植物,尤其是海藻
- 3.
Weeds, vegetation, or rubbish floating on a river or pond.
漂浮物
- 4.
A high, flying cloud; a rack.
高空飞行的云;云层
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
In use
The children collected wrack along the shoreline after the storm.
Farmers on the island use wrack as a natural fertilizer for their fields.
At low tide, a thick layer of wrack covered the rocks.
Connections
Collocations
- wrack and ruin
- 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。
- sea wrack
- 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。
- bladder wrack
- 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。
- wrack line
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- wrack and ruin
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象海滩上冲上来一个散架的架子(rack),残骸和海藻缠在一起——wrack就是残骸、冲上岸的海藻。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:coastal shore or beach、river or pond surface、literary or poetic writing 该词作名词时,义项和语域差别较大:指“海藻/被冲上岸的植物”或“水面漂浮物”时,多用于沿海、河岸等具体场景,语气比较中性;指“残骸”时常见于文学或正式描写;指“高空云”时则更偏诗歌用语。因此整体语域需视义项而定,不能一概而论。
Pronunciation & Spelling
rack、crack、track、back、lack 都与 wrack (/ræk/) 押韵:重读元音和后面辅音都是 /æk/。注意 wrack 和 rack 同音,但拼写和意思不同。要小心 wreck:它看起来像 wrack(都以 wr 开头、以 ck 结尾),但发音是 /rɛk/,不是 /ræk/。
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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