rack  /r'æk/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  rack
  架,行李架,飼草架,擱物架,拷問台,痛苦,破壞,齒條,行雲,小步跑

資料來源(2): Taiwan MOE computer dictionary [moecomp]

  rack
  框架

資料來源(3): Network Terminology [netterm]

  rack
  架

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rack \Rack\, v. i.
     To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.

資料來源(5): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rack \Rack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Racking}.] [See {Rack} that which stretches, or {Rock}, v.]
     To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the
     body; to pace; -- said of a horse. --Fuller.

資料來源(6): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rack \Rack\, v. t. [Cf. OF. vin raqu['e] squeezed from the dregs
     of the grapes.]
     To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine.
  
           It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the
           lees (which we call racking), whereby it will clarify
           much the sooner.                         --Bacon.
  
     {Rack vintage}, wine cleansed and drawn from the lees.
        --Cowell.

資料來源(7): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rack \Rack\, n.
     A fast amble.

資料來源(8): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rack \Rack\, n.
     Same as Arrack.

資料來源(9): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rack \Rack\, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to
     stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to
     stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r["a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread
     out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ?.
     ? Cf. {Right}, a., {Ratch}.]
     1. An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending,
        retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically:
        (a) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame,
            upon which the body was gradually stretched until,
            sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly
            used judicially for extorting confessions from
            criminals or suspected persons.
  
                  During the troubles of the fifteenth century, a
                  rack was introduced into the Tower, and was
                  occasionally used under the plea of political
                  necessity.                        --Macaulay.
        (b) An instrument for bending a bow.
        (c) A grate on which bacon is laid.
        (d) A frame or device of various construction for holding,
            and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc.,
            supplied to beasts.
        (e) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or
            arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle
            rack, etc.
        (f) (Naut.) A piece or frame of wood, having several
            sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; --
            called also {rack block}. Also, a frame to hold shot.
        (g) (Mining) A frame or table on which ores are separated
            or washed.
        (h) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or
            grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads.
        (i) A distaff.
  
     2. (Mech.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work
        with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive
        it or be driven by it.
  
     3. That which is extorted; exaction. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
  
     {Mangle rack}. (Mach.) See under {Mangle}. n.
  
     {Rack block}. (Naut.) See def. 1
        (f), above.
  
     {Rack lashing}, a lashing or binding where the rope is
        tightened, and held tight by the use of a small stick of
        wood twisted around.
  
     {Rack rail} (Railroads), a toothed rack, laid as a rail, to
        afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of locomotive
        for climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain.
        
  
     {Rack saw}, a saw having wide teeth.
  
     {Rack stick}, the stick used in a rack lashing.
  
     {To be on the rack}, to suffer torture, physical or mental.
        
  
     {To live at rack and manger}, to live on the best at
        another's expense. [Colloq.]
  
     {To put to the rack}, to subject to torture; to torment.
  
              A fit of the stone puts a kingto the rack, and makes
              him as miserable as it does the meanest subject.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.

資料來源(10): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rack \Rack\, n. [AS. hracca neck, hinder part of the head; cf.
     AS. hraca throat, G. rachen throat, E. retch.]
     The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.

資料來源(11): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rack \Rack\, n. [See {Wreck}.]
     A wreck; destruction. [Obs., except in a few phrases.]
  
     {Rack and ruin}, destruction; utter ruin. [Colloq.]
  
     {To go to rack}, to perish; to be destroyed. [Colloq.] ``All
        goes to rack.'' --Pepys.

資料來源(12): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rack \Rack\, n. [Prob. fr. Icel. rek drift, motion, and akin to
     reka to drive, and E. wrack, wreck. ?.]
     Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor
     in the sky. --Shak.
  
           The winds in the upper region, which move the clouds
           above, which we call the rack, . . . pass without
           noise.                                   --Bacon.
  
           And the night rack came rolling up.      --C. Kingsley.

資料來源(13): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Rack \Rack\, v. t.
     1. To extend by the application of force; to stretch or
        strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to
        torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the
        joints.
  
              He was racked and miserably tormented. --Pope.
  
     2. To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or
        anguish.
  
              Vaunting aloud but racked with deep despair.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     3. To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to
        harass, or oppress by extortion.
  
              The landlords there shamefully rack their tenants.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
              They [landlords] rack a Scripture simile beyond the
              true intent thereof.                  --Fuller.
  
              Try what my credit can in Venice do; That shall be
              racked even to the uttermost.         --Shak.
  
     4. (Mining) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.
  
     5. (Naut.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns
        of yarn, marline, etc.
  
     {To rack one's brains} or {wits}, to exert them to the utmost
        for the purpose of accomplishing something.
  
     Syn: To torture; torment; rend; tear.

資料來源(14): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  rack
       n 1: framework for holding objects
       2: rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially
          lamb or mutton
       3: the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
          [syn: {wrack}]
       4: an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or
          mutilates victims [syn: {wheel}]
       5: a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers
          were arranged on a rack" [syn: {stand}]
       6: a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the
          ground separately [syn: {single-foot}]
       v 1: go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" [syn: {single-foot}]
       2: stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"
       3: put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"
       4: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money
          from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to
          the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of
          the business by threatening him" [syn: {extort}, {squeeze},
           {gouge}, {wring}]
       5: run before a gale [syn: {scud}]
       6: fly in high wind
       7: draw off from the lees; "rack wine"
       8: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: {torment}, {torture},
          {excruciate}]
       9: work on a rack; "rack leather"
       10: seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to
           prevent running through the block
       11: torture on the rack

資料來源(15): THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]

  RACK, n.  An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading
  devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth.  As a call to
  the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now
  held in light popular esteem.
  
  

資料來源(16): Internet Dictionary Project [english-french]

  rack
  	e/tag\ere[Noun]
  
  

資料來源(17): Internet Dictionary Project [english-italian]

  rack
  	rastrelliera - scaffale - cremagliera[Noun]
  
  

資料來源(18): Internet Dictionary Project [english-spanish]

  rack
  	rejilla[Noun]