ruck

noun

/rʌk/

[countable] (in rugby橄榄球) a group of players who gather round the ball when it is lying on the ground and push each other in order to get the ball自由密集争球Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
[singular] a group of people standing closely together or fighting拥在一起的人群；混乱打斗的人群
- He pushed his way through the ruck of drinkers to get to the bar.他挤过一群饮酒者来到酒吧。
- When the police arrived, it soon turned into an ugly ruck.当警察到达时，很快就变成了一场丑陋的骚乱。
the ruck
[singular] (disapproving) ordinary people or events普通人；寻常事
- She saw marriage to him as a way out of the ruck.她把同他结婚看作是出人头地的途径。

词源noun Middle English (in the sense ‘stack of fuel, heap’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian ruke ‘heap of hay’.

verb

/rʌk/

[intransitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they ruck	/rʌk/ /rʌk/
he / she / it rucks	/rʌks/ /rʌks/
past simple rucked	/rʌkt/ /rʌkt/
past participle rucked	/rʌkt/ /rʌkt/
-ing form rucking	/ˈrʌkɪŋ/ /ˈrʌkɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

(in rugby橄榄球) to take part in a ruck进行自由密集争球
词源verb Middle English (in the sense ‘stack of fuel, heap’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian ruke ‘heap of hay’. ruck up/ruck something up. late 18th cent. (as a noun): from Old Norse hrukka.