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wracked

/rak/US // ræk //UK // (ræk) //

焦头烂额,焦头烂额的,焦头烂额的人,艰难的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : wreck or wreckage.
    • : damage or destruction: wrack and ruin.
    • : a trace of something destroyed: leaving not a wrack behind.
    • : seaweed or other vegetation cast on the shore.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to wreck: He wracked his car up on the river road.

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Examples

  • The prohibition was erected for good reason:  to prevent the religious wars that wracked Europe in the previous century.

  • At the end of their visits, I feel a little tired and nerve-wracked myself.

  • Both have nerve-wracked parents who tell them to sit still every 30 seconds, to no avail.

  • A small child catches her mother in flagrante with “Santa” and is wracked with guilt about her cuckolded father.

  • She had demonstrated her dedication to the House back when she was pregnant with twins and wracked by morning sickness.

  • We were whimpering and peevish; we were wracked with pain and weary of mind, but that nurse never failed to smile.

  • A barbarous phrase has often made me out of love with a good sense, and doubtful writing hath wracked me beyond my patience.

  • Then the hero tore up huge oak trees by their roots and built a lofty funeral pyre on which he stretched his pain-wracked limbs.

  • Masser Rupert nebber feel a saterfaction to be wracked away, or to be prisoner to Injin!

  • Straightway he flung the boiling contents of his cup full in that rage-wracked countenance.