wrack
The remains of somethingThe remains of something; a wreck.
» It was a very nerve-wracking experience.
Das war ein sehr nervenaufreibendes Erlebnis.
Значення
значень: 8The remains of something; a wreck.
Wrack
(діалектне)Ruin; destruction.
Wrack
the destruction or collapse of something
(злічуване, незлічуване)Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the family Fucaceae.
dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
(злічуване, незлічуване)Weeds, vegetation, or rubbish floating on a river or pond.
(злічуване, незлічуване)A high, flying cloud; a rack.
(Британія, архаїчне, діалектне, книжне)Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble.
(архаїчне, злічуване, незлічуване)Remnant from a shipwreck as washed ashore; flotsam or jetsam.
(архаїчне, злічуване, незлічуване)The right to claim such items.
Приклади
речень: 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.
Переклади
мов: 4За значеннями 1
Походження
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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