rack

noun

/ræk/

Idioms

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(often in compounds常构成复合词) a piece of equipment, usually made of metal or wooden bars, that is used for holding things or for hanging things on支架；架子
- a vegetable/wine/plate/toast rack蔬菜架；酒瓶架；盘碟架；面包片架
- I looked through a rack of clothes at the back of the shop.我看遍了挂在商场靠里面的一架子衣服。
- Remove the cakes from the oven and cool on a wire rack.从烤箱中取出蛋糕，放在金属丝架上冷却。
see also luggage rack, roof rack
- Spread the flowers out to dry on a rack.把花铺在架子上晾干。
- The racks along the wall held most of the costumes.大多数演出服都搁在靠墙的架子上。
- The wine is stored in special racks.酒贮存在专门的架子上。
- a rack for storing apples贮存苹果用的架子
- racks of magazines一架架杂志
Topics Shoppingc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- display
- storage
- cooling
- …
verb + rack
- hang something on
- put something on
- put something onto
- …
rack + verb
- contain something
- hold something
preposition
- in a/the rack
- on a/the rack
- rack for
- …
(usually the rack)
an instrument of torture, used in the past for punishing and hurting people. Their arms and legs were tied to the wooden frame and then pulled in opposite directions, stretching the body.（旧时的）拉肢刑具
rack of lamb/pork a particular piece of meat that includes the front ribs and is cooked in the oven（羊、猪等带前肋的）颈脊肉Topics Foodc2
a part of a machine that consists of a bar with parts that a wheel or gear can fit into（机器的）齿条，齿轨

词源noun senses 1 to 2 and verb Middle English: from Middle Dutch rec, Middle Low German rek ‘horizontal bar or shelf’, probably from recken ‘to stretch, reach’.noun sense 3 late 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

Idioms

go to rack and ruin

to get into a bad condition变得一团糟
- They let the house go to rack and ruin.这房子越来越破旧，他们也不管。
More Like This Alliteration in idioms
Alliteration in idioms
- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane

off the rack (North American English)

(British English off the peg)

(of clothes衣服) made to a standard average size and not made specially to fit you成品的；现成的
- He buys his clothes off the rack他买现成的衣服
- off-the-rack fashions现成的时尚
Topics Clothes and Fashionc2

on the rack

feeling extreme pressure, worry or pain倍感压力；焦虑万分；痛苦不堪

rack

verb

/ræk/

(also less frequent wrack)

[often passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they rack	/ræk/ /ræk/
he / she / it racks	/ræks/ /ræks/
past simple racked	/rækt/ /rækt/
past participle racked	/rækt/ /rækt/
-ing form racking	/ˈrækɪŋ/ /ˈrækɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

to make somebody suffer great physical or mental pain使痛苦不堪；使受折磨
- be racked by/with something to be racked with/by guilt深感内疚
- Her face was racked with pain.她满脸痛苦。
- rack somebody/something Violent sobs racked her whole body.剧烈的抽泣使她全身抽搐。
- (British English) a racking cough剧烈的咳嗽
词源noun senses 1 to 2 and verb Middle English: from Middle Dutch rec, Middle Low German rek ‘horizontal bar or shelf’, probably from recken ‘to stretch, reach’.noun sense 3 late 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

Idioms

rack your brain(s)

to think very hard or for a long time about something绞尽脑汁；冥思苦想
- She racked her brains, trying to remember exactly what she had said.她绞尽脑汁，想要回忆起她到底说过些什么话。
- We racked our brains but we couldn't come up with a solution.我们绞尽脑汁也想不出解决方法。