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| 1 | an object used for storing things that consists of a row of small shelves , spaces, or hooks 支架；架子；搁物架 |
| She flicked through the clothes on the rack, looking for something suitable. 她飞快地翻看架子上的衣服，想找件合适的。 |
| a wine rack 酒架 |
| a vegetable rack 蔬菜架 |
| | 1a | a metal shelf in an oven used for putting food on while it cooks （烤炉中的金属）烤架，支架 | |
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| 2 | the rack a piece of equipment used in the past for punishing people by stretching their arms and legs 拉肢刑架（旧时的一种刑具） |
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| - | go to rack and ruin
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| 1 | to become less successful 不景气；走下坡路 | The country’ s going to rack and ruin. 这个国家正在走下坡路。 | |
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| 2 | if a building goes to rack and ruin , the condition of it becomes bad （建筑物）变得破败 | Their tenants had let the property go to rack and ruin. 房客把他们的房子搞得破败不堪。 | |
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| - | on the rack
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| in a difficult situation that you cannot deal with |
| 陷于困境；非常尴尬 |
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| The interviewer’ s questions put Blair on the rack. 采访人提出的问题使布莱尔十分尴尬。 |
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| - | a rack of lamb/pork
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| a large piece of meat from a sheeppig that consists of its chest and ribs |
| 大块羊/猪胸肋肉 |
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