wreck
US: /ˈɹɛk/
UK: /ɹˈɛk/
UK: /ɹˈɛk/
English Vietnamese dictionary
wreck /rek/
- danh từ
- sự phá hỏng, sự tàn phá, sự phá hoại; sự sụp đổ
- the storm caused many wrecks: cơn bão đã gây nhiều tàn phá
- to go to wreck: sụp đổ, đổ nát
- the wreck of his hopes: sự sụp đỏ tất cả hy vọng của nó
- vật đổ nát; gạch vụn
- to search the corpses among the wrecks: tìm xác chết trong đống gạch vụn
- (hàng hải) xác tàu chìm; tàu chìm
- vật trôi giạt
- shores are strewn with wrecks: bờ biển đầy những vật trôi giạt
- người suy nhược, người tàn phế
- he is the wreck of his former self: nó chỉ còn là một con người tàn phế không còn phong độ xưa nữa
- sự phá hỏng, sự tàn phá, sự phá hoại; sự sụp đổ
- ngoại động từ
- làm hỏng, phá hoại, làm tan vỡ, làm sụp đổ (hy vọng); làm thất bại ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
- to wreck someone's hope: làm sụp đổ hy vọng của ai
- to wreck a plan: làm thất bại một kế hoạch
- (hàng hải) làm đắm (tàu)
- lầm trật đường ray; làm đổ (ô tô); phá huỷ (một toà nhà)
- làm hỏng, phá hoại, làm tan vỡ, làm sụp đổ (hy vọng); làm thất bại ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
- nội động từ
- bị sụp đổ, bị tan vỡ (hy vọng...)
- đắm, chìm, bị đánh đắm (tàu)
- bị làm trật đường ray; bị đổ (ô tô)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a ship that has sunk or that has been very badly damaged
See also -
2 a car, plane, etc. that has been very badly damaged in an accident: Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck. + She was pulled from the burning wreck by firefighters.
3 [usually sing.] (informal) a person who is in a bad physical or mental condition: Physically, I was a total wreck. + The experience left her an emotional wreck. + The interview reduced him to a nervous wreck.
4 (informal) a vehicle, building, etc. that is in very bad condition: The house was a wreck when we bought it. + (figurative) They still hoped to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage.
5 (AmE) = CRASH: a car / train wreck
+ verb [VN]
1 to damage or destroy sth: The building had been wrecked by the explosion. + The road was littered with wrecked cars.
2 ~ sth (for sb) to spoil sth completely: The weather wrecked all our plans. + A serious injury nearly wrecked his career.
3 [usually passive] to damage a ship so much that it sinks or can no longer sail: The ship was wrecked off the coast of France.
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Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 destroy, ruin, devastate, demolish, smash, shatter, spoil, dash (to pieces), reduce to nothing, turn into scrap, annihilate:
He drove my motor-bike into a tree and wrecked it.
2 sink, scuttle, run aground, founder, capsize:
The ship was wrecked on a reef near Rarotonga.
n.
3 hulk, shipwreck, ruins:
The wreck finally rusted away to nothing.
4 mess, disaster, ruin; havoc:
That man made a wreck of her life.
5 destruction, loss, sinking, devastation, foundering, grounding, capsize, capsizing, disabling, disablement, wrecking; demolition, demolishing, levelling, tearing down, razing, pulling down, obliteration:
The wreck of the Titanic was a major news event in 1912. The wreck of the old tower block is scheduled for next month.
Collocation dictionary
1 of a ship
VERB + WRECK
discover, find, locate
Divers were sent down to try and locate the wreck.
| raise, salvage
They're going to try and raise the wreck from the sea bed.
| salvage sth from | escape (from)
PREP.
in a/the ~
They are worried about the oil still in the wreck.
| on a/the ~
Heavy seas prevented salvage teams from landing on the wreck.
| ~ of
the wreck of the Titanic
2 of a car/plane
ADJ.
total | crumpled | blazing, burning
Explosions ripped through the blazing wreck.
VERB + WRECK
be trapped in
Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck.
3 of a person/thing
ADJ.
absolute, complete, total | emotional, nervous
The interview reduced him to a nervous wreck.
| gibbering, quivering, shaking, whimpering
I always turn into a gibbering wreck at interviews.
| physical
VERB + WRECK
feel, look
I hadn't slept for two days, and I felt a complete physical wreck.
| reduce sb to | escape (from) | salvage sth from
PREP.
~ of
They still hoped to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage.
ADV.
completely, totally
A bomb completely wrecked the building.
| almost, nearly | effectively
VERB + WRECK
threaten to
a crisis that threatens to wreck the peace talks
Concise English dictionary
wrecks|wrecked|wreckingrek
noun
+something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
+an accident that destroys a ship at sea
+a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
+a ship that has been destroyed at sea
verb
+smash or break forcefully
