wreck

noun

/rek/

a ship that has sunk or that has been very badly damaged沉船；严重损毁的船
- They're going to try and raise the wreck from the seabed.他们将设法从海底捞起失事船只残骸。
see also shipwreck
- Heavy seas prevented salvage teams from landing on the wreck.巨浪使海上救援队无法登上失事船只残骸。
- They are worried about the oil still in the wreck.他们担忧仍然留在失事船只里的石油。
- the wreck of the Titanic“泰坦尼克”号的残骸
Topics Transport by waterc1
Collocations Dictionary
verb + wreck
- discover
- find
- locate
- …
preposition
- in a/the wreck
- on a/the wreck
- wreck of
- …
a car, plane, etc. that has been very badly damaged in an accident（事故中）遭严重毁坏的汽车（或飞机等）
- Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck.有两名乘客仍被困在失事的车辆里。
- She was pulled from the burning wreck by firefighters.她被消防员从燃烧的残骸中拉了出来。
Synonyms crash
crash
- slam
- collide
- smash
- wreck
These are all words that can be used when something, especially a vehicle, hits something else very hard and is damaged or destroyed.
- crash to hit an object or another vehicle, causing damage; to make a vehicle do this:
  I was terrified that the plane would crash.我很害怕飞机会失事。
- slam (something) into/against somebody/something to crash into something with a lot of force; to make something do this:
  The car skidded and slammed into a tree.汽车打滑，砰的一声撞到树上。
- collide (rather formal) (of two vehicles or people) to crash into each other; (of a vehicle or person) to crash into somebody/something else:指交通工具或人碰撞、相撞或撞上：
  The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog.那辆小轿车和货车在浓雾中迎面相撞。
- smash (rather informal) to crash into something with a lot of force; to make something do this; to crash a car:指（使）猛烈撞击、猛烈碰撞或撞车：
  Ram-raiders smashed a stolen car through the shop window.飙车抢劫者驾着偷来的汽车撞破商店橱窗。
crash, slam or smash?用 crash、slam 还是 smash？Crash is used especially to talk about vehicles and can be used without a preposition: We’re going to crash, aren’t we? In this meaning slam and smash always take a preposition: We’re going to slam/smash, aren’t we? They are used for a much wider range of things than just vehicles. Crash can also be used for other things, if used with a preposition: He crashed down the phone.
- wreck to crash a vehicle and damage it so badly that it is not worth repairing指使交通工具彻底毁坏
Patterns
- two vehicles crash/collide
- two vehicles crash/slam/smash into each other
- to crash/smash/wreck a car
- (figurative) The campaign is a train wreck waiting to happen.这场运动可能演变成灾难。
- The wreck occurred at milepost 534, just west of Greenup, Kentucky.撞车发生在肯塔基州格里纳普以西里程标534处。
- His attempts at damage control are like watching a car wreck.他进行损害控制的种种做法非常引人关注。
- Explosions ripped through the blazing wreck.着火的残骸接连发生爆炸。
Topics Transport by car or lorryc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- car
- train
verb + wreck
- cause
- survive
phrases
- like watching a car wreck
- like watching a train wreck
- a train wreck waiting to happen
- …
[usually singular] (informal) a person who is in a bad physical or mental condition（身体或精神上）受到严重损伤的人
- Physically, I was a total wreck.从身体上说，我完全是一个废人。
- The experience left her an emotional wreck.那次经历让她情绪崩溃。
- The interview reduced him to a nervous wreck.这次面试使得他的精神高度紧张。
- I hadn't slept for two days, and I felt a complete physical wreck.我已经两天没睡觉了，感觉身体都累垮了。
- I always turn into a gibbering wreck at interviews.每当面试时，我总是紧张得语无伦次。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- absolute
- complete
- total
- …
verb + wreck
- feel
- look
- reduce somebody to
- …
(informal) a vehicle, building, etc. that is in very bad condition状况非常糟糕的车辆（或建筑物等）
- The house was a wreck when we bought it.我们买下这座房子时，它破烂不堪。
- (figurative) They still hoped to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage.他们仍然希望从他们破碎的婚姻中挽回点什么。
Topics Buildingsc2
(North American English)
(also crash British and North American English)
an accident in which a vehicle hits something, for example another vehicle, usually causing damage and often injuring or killing the passengers撞车；碰撞；相撞
- a car/train wreck汽车／火车失事
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词源Middle English (as a legal term denoting wreckage washed ashore): from Anglo-Norman French wrec, from the base of Old Norse reka ‘to drive’; related to wreak.

wreck

verb

/rek/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they wreck	/rek/ /rek/
he / she / it wrecks	/reks/ /reks/
past simple wrecked	/rekt/ /rekt/
past participle wrecked	/rekt/ /rekt/
-ing form wrecking	/ˈrekɪŋ/ /ˈrekɪŋ/

wreck something to damage or destroy something破坏；损坏；毁坏
- A bomb completely wrecked the building.一颗炸弹把这座建筑完全炸毁了。
- The building had been wrecked by the explosion.那座楼房被炸毁了。
- The road was littered with wrecked cars.公路上到处都是被撞坏的汽车。
- youths who steal and wreck fast cars偷窃和毁坏跑车的年轻人
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- completely
- totally
- almost
- …
verb + wreck
- try to
- want to
- threaten to
- …
wreck something to cause something to fail completely毁灭；毁掉
- The weather wrecked all our plans.天气把我们的计划全都毁了。
- A serious injury nearly wrecked his career.一次重伤差点儿葬送了他的前程。
- Their lives had been wrecked by neglect and abuse.他们的生活被忽视和虐待毁了。
- His affair wrecked our marriage.他的出轨彻底毁了我们的婚姻。
- A serious injury in 2006 threatened to wreck his career.2006年的一次重伤差点儿葬送了他的前程。
- a crisis that threatens to wreck the peace talks威胁到和平会谈的危机
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- completely
- totally
- almost
- …
verb + wreck
- try to
- want to
- threaten to
- …
[usually passive] to damage a ship so much that it sinks or can no longer sail使（船舶）失事；使遇难；使下沉
- be wrecked The ship was wrecked off the coast of France.那艘船在法国的沿岸失事。
see also shipwreck

词源Middle English (as a legal term denoting wreckage washed ashore): from Anglo-Norman French wrec, from the base of Old Norse reka ‘to drive’; related to wreak.