English → Chinese
rack
/BrE rak 
, AmE ræk /
A noun
1 (stand) 支架;
a rack of clothes 一架子衣服;
a letter rack 信插
2 (shelf) 行李架
3 (torture) 拉肢刑具;
to be on the rack figurative 备受煎熬
4 to go to rack and ruin 变得一团糟;
they let the house go to rack and ruin 房子越来越破旧，他们也不管
B transitive verb
1 figurative (torment) «fear, guilt, pain» 使…痛苦不堪 ‹person, body, mind›;
to be racked with; 深感 ‹guilt, shame, fear›;
an industry racked by crisis 受危机打击的产业;
to rack one's brain(s) 绞尽脑汁
2 (draw off) 从沉渣中榨取;
to rack off 从酒糟中榨取;
the wine is racked (off) into large oak casks 葡萄酒被榨出抽取到大橡木桶里