rack

noun

1. 支架；架子
   a piece of equipment, usually made of metal or wooden bars, that is used for holding things or for hanging things on
   1. a vegetable/wine/plate/toast rack
      蔬菜 / 酒瓶 / 盘碟 / 面包片架
   2. I looked through a rack of clothes at the back of the shop.
      我看遍了挂在商店尽里面的一架子衣服。
2. （旧时的）拉肢刑具
   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.
3. （羊、猪等带前肋的）颈脊肉
   a particular piece of meat that includes the front ribs and is cooked in the oven
4. （机器的）齿条，齿轨
   a part of a machine that consists of a bar with parts that a wheel or gear can fit into

verb

1. 使痛苦不堪；使受折磨
   to make sb suffer great physical or mental pain
   1. to be racked with/by guilt
      深感内疚
   2. Her face was racked with pain.
      她满脸的痛苦。
   3. Violent sobs racked her whole body.
      剧烈的抽泣使她全身抽搐。
   4. a racking cough
      剧烈的咳嗽

The spelling wrack is also used, mainly for meanings 2 and 3, and mainly in old-fashioned or American English. 亦拼作wrack，主要用于义项2和3，多见于过时英语或美国英语中。


1. See also: My rucksack was too big for the luggage rack... You have to fight to reach the racks of clothes but the bargains are amazing. roof rack toast rack
2. See also: His already infirm body was racked by high fever... The country is now racked by three violent separatist movements. ...a teenager racked with guilt and anxiety. racking
3. PHRASE 绞尽脑汁；苦苦思索
   If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
   1. She began to rack her brains to remember what had happened at the nursing home.
      她开始绞尽脑汁地回忆在疗养院发生的事。
4. PHRASE （身体或心理）受到折磨
   If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
   1. Only a year ago, he was on the rack with a heroin addiction that began when he was 13.
      就在一年前，他还被13岁时开始染上的***毒瘾所折磨。
5. 荒废；衰败
   If you say that a place is going to rack and ruin, you are emphasizing that it is slowly becoming less attractive or less pleasant because no-one is bothering to look after it.
6. PHRASE （衣服、商品等）现成的，成品的
   Off-the-rack clothes or goods are made in large numbers, rather than being made specially for a particular person.
   1. ...the same off-the-rack dress she's been wearing since the night before...
      她从昨晚就一直穿着的同一件成品裙装
   2. For our clothes, we went to a shop on Hollywood Boulevard, and we just picked it all off the rack.
      至于衣服，我们到好莱坞大道上的一家商店里，都是直接挑现成的买。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 off-the-peg

1. Gloria slid an appraising eye over the rest of the rack before reaching for the dress.
   格洛丽亚以审视的眼光向货架上其余的衣服扫了一遍，才伸手去拿那件连衣裙。
2. You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise
   要做这个，你需要一口带蒸笼篦子的锅，如果没有，就用别的临时凑合一下。
3. Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
   把蛋糕倒扣在冷却架上。
4. I took the key for the room off a rack above her head
   我从她头上方的架子上拿走了房门钥匙。
5. My rucksack was too big for the luggage rack
   我的背包太大了，行李架上放不下。
6. You have to fight to reach the racks of clothes but the bargains are amazing.
   你得费力往前挤才能够到那一架架的衣服，但那些打折品的确超值。
7. His already infirm body was racked by high fever
   他已经很虚弱的身体受着高烧的折磨。
8. The country is now racked by three violent separatist movements.
   这个国家目前正被3场激烈的分离主义运动所困扰。
9. She began to rack her brains to remember what had happened at the nursing home.
   她开始绞尽脑汁地回忆在疗养院发生的事。
10. Only a year ago, he was on the rack with a heroin addiction that began when he was 13.
    就在一年前，他还被13岁时开始染上的***毒瘾所折磨。
11. For our clothes, we went to a shop on Hollywood Boulevard, and we just picked it all off the rack.
    至于衣服，我们到好莱坞大道上的一家商店里，都是直接挑现成的买。
12. Lower rates mean that firms are more likely to rack up profits in the coming months
    更低的费率意味着各公司更有可能在未来的几个月中大幅获利。
13. Turn the cake the right way up on to a wire rack
    把蛋糕翻到合适的方向对准金属丝架上。
14. My brain is continually on the rack about the means of living.
    我总是为生计而伤神。
15. Don't think this job a piece of cake. You'll have to rack your brains once you start on it.
    别以为这工作是易如反掌的事，你做了就知道它是很伤脑筋的。
16. We must rack our brains for some answers to his questions.
    我们必须绞尽脑汁设法回答他的问题。
17. Pease return to rack after use.
    用毕（阅后）请放囬书架上。
18. By clever planning, we were able to rack up the other team in the first half of the game.
    凭着巧妙的计划，我们在比赛的上半场就击败了另一个队。
19. The cough seemed to rack his body.
    他咳得全身震动。
20. To increase the rack density, IBM created a new modular water cooling and distribution system.
    为了提高机架密度，IBM开发了一种新的模块化水冷和分布系统。
21. Don't you remember? You fixed up a new tie rack in the wardrobe last Sunday.
    你不记得了吧？上星期天你在衣橱里装了一个新领带架。
22. I think I would know if my hat was on the hat rack.
    我想我会知道我的帽子是否在帽架上。
23. This is a rack of drill bits used in the manufacture of those ideas.
    这是一个钻头架在生产中使用的这些想法。
24. You'll have two large ones in the bedroom. One has shelves and shoe rack.
    卧室里有两个大壁橱。其中一个有搁板和鞋架。
25. A rack for temporarily holding coats and hats.
    一个暂时的用来挂衣服和帽子的架子。
26. There are pillows and blankets in the rack over your head.
    在你头上的行李架上有枕头和毯子。
27. It's a rack and pinion, and a good one at that.
    它有一对齿条和齿轮，而且质量上乘。
28. He not only talks about merb, but also gives an introduction to Rack and GitHub.
    他不仅仅谈论了merb，而且还介绍了一下Rack和GitHub。
29. I put it right here on the luggage rack.
    我就把它放在这儿的行李架上了。
30. I have been looking for a sissy bar and luggage rack, just like yours.
    我一直在寻找一个娘娘腔的酒吧和行李架，就像你的。

rack up sth

1. 累积；聚集（某物）；累计（得分）
   to collect sth, such as profits or losses in a business, or points in a competition
   1. a vegetable/wine/plate/toast rack
      蔬菜 / 酒瓶 / 盘碟 / 面包片架
   2. I looked through a rack of clothes at the back of the shop.
      我看遍了挂在商店尽里面的一架子衣服。

n.

go to rack and ruin

• 变得一团糟
  to get into a bad condition
  1. They let the house go to rack and ruin.
     这房子越来越破旧，他们也不管。

off the rack

off the rack

on the rack

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

v.

rack your brain(s)

• 绞尽脑汁；冥思苦想
  to think very hard or for a long time about sth
  1. 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。

noun

1. a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

   Synonym:    single-foot

2. a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body

3. a support for displaying various articles
   1. the newspapers were arranged on a rack

   Synonym:    stand

4. framework for holding objects

5. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

   Synonym:    wheel

6. the destruction or collapse of something
   1. wrack and ruin

   Synonym:    wrack

7. rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

verb

1. torture on the rack

2. seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

3. work on a rack
   1. rack leather

4. stretch to the limits
   1. rack one's brains

5. torment emotionally or mentally

   Synonym:    tormenttortureexcruciate

6. draw off from the lees
   1. rack wine

7. fly in high wind

8. run before a gale

   Synonym:    scud

9. go at a rack
   1. the horses single-footed

   Synonym:    single-foot

10. obtain by coercion or intimidation
    1. They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
    2. They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him

    Synonym:    extortsqueezegougewring

11. put on a rack and pinion
    1. rack a camera