wrack
The remains of somethingThe remains of something; a wreck.
» It was a very nerve-wracking experience.
Das war ein sehr nervenaufreibendes Erlebnis.
Значение
значений: 8The remains of something; a wreck.
Wrack
(диалектное)Ruin; destruction.
Wrack
the destruction or collapse of something
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the family Fucaceae.
dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Weeds, vegetation, or rubbish floating on a river or pond.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A high, flying cloud; a rack.
(Британия, архаичное, диалектное, книжное)Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
(архаичное, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore; flotsam or jetsam.
(архаичное, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The right to claim such items.
Примеры
предложений: 13It was a very nerve-wracking experience.
deDas war ein sehr nervenaufreibendes Erlebnis.
It was a nerve-wracking experience.
I'd definitely say it's nerve wracking.
Tom and Mary wracked their brains.
It was a nerve-wracking year for Tom.
Переводы
языков: 4По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English wrake, wrache, wreche, from a merger of Old English wracu, wræc (“miseFrom Middle English wrake, wrache, wreche, from a merger of Old English wracu, wræc (“misery, suffering”) and Old English wrǣċ (“vengeance, revenge”). See also wrake.
Late Middle English, from Middle Dutch wrak, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to drive out”), the source of wreak and wreck. Doublet of vraic.
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