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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  wreak
  (vt.)發泄(怒火),報仇

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Wreak \Wreak\, n. [Cf. AS. wr[ae]c exile, persecution, misery.
     See {Wreak}, v. t.]
     Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. [Obs.]
     --Shak. Spenser.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Wreak \Wreak\, v. i.
     To reck; to care. [Obs.] --Shak.

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

  Wreak \Wreak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wreaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Wreaking}.] [OE. wrek?? to revenge, punish, drive out, AS.
     wrecan; akin to OFries. wreka, OS. wrekan to punish, D.
     wreken to avenge, G. r["a]chen, OHG. rehhan, Icel. reka to
     drive, to take vengeance, Goth. wrikan to persecute, Lith.
     vargas distress, vargti to suffer distress, L. urgere to
     drive, urge, Gr. ? to shut, Skr. ? to turn away. Cf. {Urge},
     {Wreck}, {Wretch}.]
     1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic]
  
              He should wreake him on his foes.     --Chaucer.
  
              Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. --Spenser.
  
              Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain.
                                                    --Fairfax.
  
     2. To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or
        drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.
  
              On me let Death wreak all his rage.   --Milton.
  
              Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to
              wreak a grudge of seventeen years.    --Macaulay.
  
              But gather all thy powers, And wreak them on the
              verse that thou dost weave.           --Bryant.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  wreak
       v : cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work
           a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a
           joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken
           area" [syn: {bring}, {work}, {play}, {make for}]