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racked

UK /rækt/US /rækt/

词源

源自古英语 'hræcca'(架子),后引申出折磨的含义,可能源自中世纪拷问架(rack)的意象。

verb

❶ 指身体或精神上遭受极度痛苦或折磨的状态,常用于形容因疾病、焦虑或内疚而备受煎熬。

“He was racked with guilt after the accident.”

(事故发生后他备受内疚折磨。)

“The patient lay racked by fever all night.”

(病人整夜因高烧而痛苦不堪。)

❶ 指将物品放置在架子或支架上,通常用于整理或展示物品。

“The wine bottles were carefully racked in the cellar.”

(葡萄酒瓶被仔细地摆放在酒窖的架子上。)

“She racked the test tubes in the laboratory.”

(她把试管放在实验室的架子上。)

同义词:tormented, agonized, afflicted, shelved, stored

常见短语

racked one's brains — 绞尽脑汁,形容非常努力地思考或回忆某事。

“I racked my brains trying to remember where I left the keys.”

(我绞尽脑汁试图回忆把钥匙放在哪里了。)

racked with pain — 形容因剧烈疼痛而身体扭曲或极度不适的状态。

“The injured athlete lay on the ground racked with pain.”

(受伤的运动员躺在地上,痛苦不堪。)