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wreckage

/rek-ij/US // ˈrɛk ɪdʒ //UK // (ˈrɛkɪdʒ) //

残骸,残垣断壁,残局,废墟

Related Words

debris碎片,残骸,瓦砾,残片rubble碎石,瓦砾,碎石块,碎石堆wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船remains遗体,遗骸,遗留物,遗留ruins废墟,遗迹,遗址,废墟上remnants残余物,残留物,遗留物,剩余物shambles破烂不堪,破烂,残局,残破不堪havoc劫难,大祸临头,大破坏,大祸flotsam水草,水草丛生,泥沙,水草丛中

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : act of wrecking; state of being wrecked.
    • : remains or fragments of something that has been wrecked: They searched the wreckage for survivors.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounremains
Synonyms
debris碎片,残骸,瓦砾,残片rubble碎石,瓦砾,碎石块,碎石堆wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船remnants残余物,残留物,遗留物,剩余物ruins废墟,遗迹,遗址,废墟上
nounruins
Synonyms
remains遗体,遗骸,遗留物,遗留flotsam水草,水草丛生,泥沙,水草丛中havoc劫难,大祸临头,大破坏,大祸shambles破烂不堪,破烂,残局,残破不堪

Examples

  • The pandemic has also left some travelers agentless, combing the industry’s wreckage in search of a new travel professional.

  • They want to just move along — smiling politely in the face of the wreckage.

  • We ask that you do not air photos of the wreckage, helicopter in the air or accident scene.

  • As college football tries to emerge from the wreckage of 2020, this game could set a hopeful tone.

  • In a nationwide referendum on Sunday, Swiss voters will decide whether companies headquartered there should be held legally liable for whatever environment wreckage and human rights abuses occur as a result of their operations, no matter where.

  • The wreckage lies no more than around 100 feet down in the Java Sea.

  • Search teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.

  • The wreckage of the Airbus A320 has been located in relatively shallow water.

  • As the sun set on Monday and the search was called off for the day, there had been no positive update on the possible wreckage.

  • Pakistani troops even fought off militants attempting to reach the wreckage of drones that had crashed.

  • Charred beams and blackened walls showed stark and gaunt in the glow of a smoldering mass of wreckage.

  • Then the company had become bankrupt and only a miserable ninety pounds a year had been saved from the wreckage.

  • There were no odds and ends, even, of wreckage which I could salvage for one more week of the old life.

  • The position in which the wreckage was said to have been seen on the Monday morning was verified by sights taken on that morning.

  • "Not when John Fly am carryin' dem," put in the colored waiter, who stood looking at the wreckage with a sober face.

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