单词：racks
n rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
n the destruction or collapse of something
n an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
n a support for displaying various articles
n a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
n a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
v go at a rack
v stretch to the limits
v put on a rack and pinion
v obtain by coercion or intimidation
v run before a gale
v fly in high wind
v draw off from the lees
v torment emotionally or mentally
v work on a rack
v seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
v torture on the rack
rack的用法和样例：
例句
- He put his bag on the luggage rack.他把包放在行李架上。
- He put his shoes on the rack.他把鞋放在架子上。
- The famous ancient Chinese politician ShangYang was put on the rack.中国古代著名的政治家商鞅被施以拉肢之刑。
- We will all be on the rack until the exam results are published.在考试结果公布之前,我们将一直焦虑不安。
- I was racked with doubt and pain.我满腹疑虑,痛苦万分。
- You should rack these bottles of wine.你应该把那几瓶酒放到架子上。
- Last year, they racked up profits of more than two billion dollars.去年他们累计赚了二十多亿美元。
常见句型
- The pain racked him.痛苦折磨着他。
- Conscience racks me.我受良心责备。
- The cough seemed to rack his body.他咳得全身震动。
- The storm racked the town.风暴在全城肆虐。
- He racked no rents to maintain the expenses of his establishment.他不向租户索取过高的租金来维持建设的开支。 1
- He was racked by remorse.他悔恨交加。
- She was racked by doubts.她满腹疑虑,痛苦极了。
- They have been racked by bitter quarrels.激烈的争吵使他们不得安生。
常用短语
- 绞尽脑汁 think very deeply or for a long timerack one's brain
I've racked my brains all day and I still can't remember who was Prime Minister in 1952.
我冥思苦想了整整一天,但我仍然想不起1952年谁任首相。
Tom racked his brains during the test trying to solve the problem.
汤姆在考试时绞尽脑汁想解出那道题。
We must rack our brains for some answers to his questions.
我们必须绞尽脑汁设法回答他的问题。
I've racked my brains, but I have not yet to come up with any solution to the problem.
我已经绞尽脑汁了,但是还没给那个问题找到任何答案。
- 击倒〔打败〕(某人) cause (sb) to fall; defeat (sb) completelyrack sb/sth ⇔ up
He racked up his opponent with a well-placed blow.
他一拳击中了对手的要害,把他击倒在地。
By clever planning, we were able to rack up the other team in the first half of the game.
凭着巧妙的计划,我们在比赛的上半场就击败了另一个队。
- 遭受极大的… suffer severely from (pain or sorrow)rack sb/sth with sth
She is racked with anxiety.
她极为焦虑不安。
His body was racked with pain.
他全身疼痛难熬。
It was a mercy that she died, for she had been racked with pain through her last long illness.
她的死是凄楚的,因为她最后一次久病一直使她痛苦不堪。
After an hour of talk, he would be racked with headaches.
谈了一个小时后,他就会头痛欲裂。
词汇搭配
- rack one's body全身痛苦
- rack one's brain〔head,wit〕绞尽脑汁
- rack up击倒〔打败〕(某人)
- rack by被…所苦
- rack for为…受苦
- rack with pain痛苦不堪
经典引文
A white rack of cloud hovered.
出自：W. StyronCases..strapped to the rack at the rear of the car.
出自：W. BoydMrs Williams filled the toast rack.
出自：P. CareyHunters will keep their waterfowl guns in the rack.
出自：Field StreamHis joints were all aching..as from a..sojourn on the rack.
出自：F. KingThe garden is going to rack, the gardener Only comes three days.
出自：L. MacNeiceA..house..going to rack and ruin for want of looking after.
出自：R. RendellAn Englishman who had been racked..by the Spanish Inquisition.
出自：J. BronowskiShrimpy racked up five..wins.
出自：Boxing News
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