sack

verb

/sæk/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they sack	/sæk/ /sæk/
he / she / it sacks	/sæks/ /sæks/
past simple sacked	/sækt/ /sækt/
past participle sacked	/sækt/ /sækt/
-ing form sacking	/ˈsækɪŋ/ /ˈsækɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

sack somebody (especially British English, informal) to dismiss somebody from a job解雇；炒鱿鱼 synonym fire
- She was sacked for refusing to work on Sundays.她因拒绝在星期天上班被解雇了。
Collocations Unemployment
Unemployment失业Losing your job失业
- lose your job失业
- (British English) become/be made redundant被裁减
- be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement被要求／选择自愿裁退／提前退休
- face/be threatened with dismissal/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy面临被解职／被裁／强制裁员；受到解职／被裁／强制裁员的威胁
- dismiss/fire/ (especially British English) sack an employee/a worker/a manager解雇雇员／工人／经理
- lay off staff/workers/employees解雇员工／工人／雇员
- (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers缩减人员
- cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce裁减员工
- (British English) make staff/workers/employees redundant裁员
Being unemployed失业；待业；下岗
- be unemployed/out of work/out of a job失业
- seek/look for work/employment找工作
- be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance领取失业补助金
- be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole领取失业救济金
- claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole领取失业救济金
- be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)领取／有资格领取失业补偿金
- be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare靠社会保障金过活
- collect/receive (North American English) welfare领取社会保障金
- combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment防止／解决／减少失业
Topics Social issuesc1
sack something (of an army, etc., especially in the past) to destroy things and steal property in a town or building（尤指旧时军队等）破坏，劫掠
- Rome was sacked by the Goths in 410.罗马在 410 年遭到哥特人的洗劫。
- The army rebelled and sacked the palace.军队造反，洗劫了宫殿。
sack somebody (in American football美式足球) to knock down the quarterback擒杀（四分卫）
- The quarterback was sacked on the 45 yard line, and it was first down for the other team.四分卫在45码线上被解雇了，这对另一队来说是第一次。
Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2

词源verb sense 1 and verb sense 3 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. verb sense 2 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.

sack

noun

/sæk/

Idioms

[countable] a large bag with no handles, made of strong rough material or strong paper or plastic, used for storing and carrying, for example flour, coal, etc.麻布（或厚纸、塑料等）大袋
- They filled the sacks with potatoes.他们将袋子装满了土豆。
- bulging sacks of toys满满几袋子玩具
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- bulging
- heavy
- burlap
- …
verb + sack
- empty
- fill
- carry
- …
sack + verb
- be filled with something
- be full of something
sack + noun
- lunch
- race
preposition
- in a/the sack
- sack of
[countable] (North American English) a strong paper bag for carrying shopping（厚纸的）购物袋
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- bulging
- heavy
- burlap
- …
verb + sack
- empty
- fill
- carry
- …
sack + verb
- be filled with something
- be full of something
sack + noun
- lunch
- race
preposition
- in a/the sack
- sack of
[countable] the contents of a sack一满袋；一大袋东西
- They got through a sack of potatoes.他们把一麻袋土豆吃完了。
- (North American English) two sacks of groceries两袋食品杂货
- a sack of coal一袋煤
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- bulging
- heavy
- burlap
- …
verb + sack
- empty
- fill
- carry
- …
sack + verb
- be filled with something
- be full of something
sack + noun
- lunch
- race
preposition
- in a/the sack
- sack of
the sack
[singular] (British English, informal) being told by your employer that you can no longer continue working for a company, etc., usually because of something that you have done wrong开除；解雇；炒鱿鱼
- He got the sack for swearing.他因说脏话而被开除。
- Her work was so poor that she was given the sack.她工作干得很差，被炒了鱿鱼。
- Four hundred workers face the sack.四百名工人面临解雇的危险。
Collocations Dictionary
verb + the sack
- get
- give somebody
- be threatened with
- …
the sack
[singular] (especially North American English, informal) a bed床
- He caught them in the sack together.他撞见他们俩一起睡在床上。
Collocations Dictionary
verb + the sack
- hit
preposition
- in the sack
(usually the sack)
[singular] (formal) the act of stealing or destroying property in a captured town（在攻陷的城镇中的）抢劫，劫掠
- the sack of Rome对罗马城的洗劫

词源noun senses 1 to 5 Old English sacc, from Latin saccus ‘sack, sackcloth’, from Greek sakkos, of Semitic origin. noun sense 6 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.

Idioms

hit the hay/sack

(informal) to go to bed上床睡觉
- I decided to hit the sack and have an early night.我决定上床睡觉，早早休息一晚。