해안가에서 자라며 기포가 있어 물에 뜨는 성질을 가진 갈색 해초류.
Any of a number of coarse brown seaweeds that grow on the shoreline, often having air bladders for buoyancy.
예문:
"The tide left a thick line of wrack along the high-water mark of the beach."
"Marine biologists studied the small organisms living within the decaying wrack."
파손된 배의 잔해나 해안으로 밀려 들어온 표착물.
The remains of a wrecked ship or other wreckage cast up on the shore.
예문:
"The beachcomber found a piece of polished timber from an old wrack."
"Storm waves tossed the wrack of the small fishing boat onto the jagged rocks."
완전한 파괴나 멸망, 또는 황폐해진 상태.
Complete destruction or ruin, especially used in the idiomatic expression 'wrack and ruin'.
예문:
"The once-thriving theater fell into wrack and ruin after the owner passed away."
"The economy was left in wrack following the devastating effects of the hyperinflation."
신체적 또는 정신적으로 극심한 고통을 주거나 몹시 괴롭히다.
To cause extreme physical or mental pain to someone; to subject to intense stress or torment.
예문:
"She was wracked with sobs when she heard the tragic news of the accident."
"The country was wracked by civil war for over a decade, leaving the infrastructure in tatters."