| 释义 |
rack1/ræk/ n. & v.●n. 1a a framework usu. with rails, bars, hooks, etc., for holding or storing things (通常带有栏杆、横木、挂钩等的)存放架，搁物架 b a frame for holding animal fodder 喂草架 2 a cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a wheel or pinion etc., or using pegs to adjust the position of something 齿条；齿轨 3 hist. an instrument of torture stretching the victim's joints by the turning of rollers to which the wrists and ankles were tied [史义]肢刑架(以转轮拉脱四肢关节的刑具) ●v. tr. 1 (of disease or pain) inflict suffering on (疾病或疼痛)折磨 2 hist. torture (a person) on the rack [史义]对(人)施肢刑 3 place in or on a rack 把…放在架子上 4 shake violently 猛摇 5 injure by straining 扭伤 6 oppress (tenants) by exacting excessive rent 榨取(佃户)高额租金 7 exhaust (the land) by excessive use 耗竭(土地)地力 □ on the rack suffering intense distress or strain 极度痛苦或紧张 □ rack one's brains make a great mental effort 绞尽脑汁 racked my brains for something to say 绞尽脑汁找话说 □ rack up N. Amer. accumulate or achieve (a score etc.) [北美] (累积)取得(分数等)[Middle English rakke from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German rak, rek, probably from recken ‘stretch’] |