1
- a large bag made of a strong material such as hessian, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods麻袋; 布袋; 厚纸袋; 塑料袋; 大袋。
1.1
- the contents of such a bag or the amount it can contain袋中物; （一）大袋; （一）满袋：
a sack of flour.
一袋面粉。
2
- a loose, unfitted, or shapeless garment, in particular宽松的衣服, 尤指：
2.1
- historical a woman's loose gown〈史〉宽身女袍。
2.2
- historical a decorative piece of dress material fastened to the shoulders of a woman's gown in loose pleats and forming a long train, fashionable in the 18th century〈史〉（流行于18世纪、系于礼服裙裙肩上的）宽褶后拖曳地裙裾。
3
the sack
informal chiefly N. Amer. bed, especially as regarded as a place for sex〈非正式, 主北美〉（尤指作为性交场所的）床。
4
the sack
informal dismissal from employment〈非正式〉开除; 解雇：he got the sack for swearing
他因为骂人被开除了
they were given the sack.
他们被解雇了。
5
- Baseball, informal a base【棒球】〈非正式〉垒。
6
- American Football a tackle of a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage【美橄】擒抱枢纽前卫。
with obj.
1
- informal dismiss from employment〈非正式〉开除; 解雇：
any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot.
被发现有牵连的任何官员都将被立即解职。
2
sack out
informal, chiefly N. Amer. go to sleep or bed〈非正式, 主北美〉上床睡觉。
3
- American Football tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage【美橄】擒抱（枢纽前卫）。
4
- rare put into a sack or sacks〈罕〉把…装入袋子。
短语
hit the sack
- informal go to bed〈非正式〉上床睡觉。
a sack of potatoes
- informal used in similes to refer to clumsiness, inertness, or unceremonious treatment of the person or thing in question〈非正式〉粗手粗脚地（对待某人）, 粗笨地; 有气无力地：
he drags me in like a sack of potatoes.
他粗手粗脚地把我拉了进去。
派生词
sackable
adjectivesacklike
adjective词源
Old English sacc, from Latin saccus 'sack, sackcloth', from Greek sakkos, of Semitic origin. Sense 1 of the verb dates from the mid 19th cent.
with obj.
- (chiefly in historical contexts) plunder and destroy (a captured town, building, or other place)（多用于历史事件的描述中）洗劫, 劫掠（被攻陷的城市, 建筑物或其他地方）。
- the pillaging of a town or city洗劫, 劫掠。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from French sac, in the phrase mettre à sac 'put to sack', on the model of Italian fare il sacco, mettere a sacco, which perhaps originally referred to filling a sack with plunder.