sack
A noun
1 [countable] (bag) [结实耐用的] 大口袋;
a coal/mail sack 煤袋/邮袋
2 [countable] (contents) 一大袋;
a sack of flour/coal/mail 一大袋面粉/煤/邮件;
a sack of potatoes derogatory 粗陋难看
3 [uncountable] informal (dismissal)
the sack 开除;
to get the sack; 被炒鱿鱼;
to give sb the sack; 开除某人;
to be threatened with the sack 受到解雇的威胁
4 [uncountable] informal (bed)
the sack 床;
to hit the sack 上床睡觉;
to be great in the sack 床上功夫了得
5 [uncountable] literary (pillage) 劫掠
B transitive verb
1 informal (dismiss) 解雇 ‹worker, employee›;
to sack sb for sth/doing sth; 因某事/做某事而解雇某人;
to be/get sacked; 被炒鱿鱼;
to be sacked from one's job 被解雇
2 literary (pillage) 洗劫
Phrasal verb
● sack out
intransitive verb
US informal 上床睡觉