Word · Frequency #6918

wrecks

/rek/

noun

碰撞事故；失事

wrecks is the plural of wreck.

An accident in which a vehicle, ship, or aircraft is destroyed or badly damaged in a collision.

1.
Something or someone that has been ruined.
被毁坏的事物或人。
2.
The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
遭受严重损坏或磨损后的残骸。
3.
An event in which something is damaged through collision.
因碰撞而导致某物损坏的事件。
4.
Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
海难后被海浪冲上岸的货物等。
5.
A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
因极端恶劣天气而坠地、受伤或死亡的大量鸟类。

残骸；废墟；垮掉的人（或物）；（海难后）冲上岸的货物；（恶劣天气导致的）大批死伤鸟类；被毁坏的事物或人。

In use

The wreck of the fishing boat was washed up on the beach.

渔船的残骸被冲上了海滩。

After the collision, the motorcycle was a complete wreck.

碰撞之后，那辆摩托车完全成了一堆残骸。

Years of neglect turned the old school building into a wreck.

多年的疏于管理使旧校舍变成了一堆废墟。

car wreck: 车祸; He survived a terrible car wreck last year.他去年在一场可怕的车祸中幸存下来。
train wreck: 火车事故；灾难; The investigation focused on the cause of the train wreck.调查聚焦于火车事故的原因。
ship wreck: 海难；沉船; The ship wreck left only a few survivors.这场海难只留下少数幸存者。
nervous wreck: 精神濒临崩溃的人; After the exam, she was a complete nervous wreck.考试后，她整个人精神濒临崩溃。

wreck 像“瑞克”开船撞礁，船“破”了，所以是“沉船、残骸”。

交通事故；海难；残破的人或物。语域混合，既用于正式也用于非正式语境。

All listed words end in 'eck' and rhyme with /ɛk/. Note that words like 'wrack' (/ræk/) have a different vowel sound despite similar spelling.

Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

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