rack

词源记忆法

来自古英语reccan，拉开，展开，来自Proto-Germanic*rak，拉直，来自PIE*reg，拉直，词源同regulate，reach.引申词义支架，架子，后用于指架子状的刑具，引申词义折磨。

短语动词

短语动词 习语 rack up （企业）大量实现（利润、销售），惨遭（亏损）；（选手或运动队）频频获得（胜利） 查看更多 以下资源来自牛津词典 rack up sth (especially NAmE) 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 The company racked up $200 million in losses in two years. 公司两年内损失累计达2亿元。 In ten years of boxing he racked up a record 176 wins. 在十年的拳击生涯中，他创纪录地累计获胜176次。 收起 n. go to rack and ruin 变得一团糟 to get into a bad condition 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 peg at peg n. 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 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。