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rack

/ˈræk/

US UK

noun

plural racks

[count] :a frame or stand that has shelves, hooks, slots, etc., in which or on which you place things

a bike/hat/luggage/magazine/wine rack

The store has racks of dresses.

Place the pie on the middle rack in the oven.

During the store's sales, the clothes were flying off the rack. [=people were buying the clothes very quickly] - see also dish rack, roof rack

the rack :a machine used in the past to hurt people by stretching their bodies

The prisoners were tortured on the rack. - sometimes used figuratively

The interviewer put me on the rack and asked some really tough questions.

[count] technical :a bar with teeth that fit into a gear or a wheel in a machine

a car with rack and pinion steering

[count] :a pair of antlers

a deer with a huge rack

[count] US informal :1bed

soldiers heading back to the rack after a long day

[count] US

a triangular frame that is used to group the balls together in a billiard game

a group of billiard balls that have been set up with a rack

a tight/loose rack - compare 3rack, 4rack

off the rack

US :in a store where clothes are sold in different sizes that are not made to fit a particular person

He bought that suit off the rack. [=(Brit) off the peg] - see also off-the-rack

on the rack

Brit informal :in a very bad or difficult situation

They had their opponents on the rack in the first half.

verb

racks; racked; racking

[+ obj] to cause (someone or something) to suffer pain or damage - usually used as (be) racked

He was racked with/by jealousy [=he was very jealous] when he saw his ex-wife with another man.

a body racked by disease

The team has been racked by dissension. [=the team has experienced a lot of dissension]

The country was racked by civil war.

US :to put (balls) in a rack for a game of billiards

Rack the balls (up) and we'll play some pool.

rack up

[phrasal verb]

rack up (something) informal :to achieve or get (something) as time passes :accumulate

I wanted to rack up as many points as possible.

The company has racked up huge losses/sales.

rack your brain/brains

to think very hard in order to try to remember something, solve a problem, etc.

I've been racking my brain, but I can't remember his name.

noun

plural racks

[count, noncount] :a cut of meat from a lamb or pig that includes some of the ribs

We had (a) rack of lamb for dinner. - compare 1rack 4rack

noun

[noncount] :the state of being destroyed or ruined

The old house has gone to rack and ruin. [=has become ruined] - compare 1rack 3rack

* Các từ tương tự:
racket, racketeer, racketeering