English-Thai Dictionary

wrack

N ความหายนะ  ความเสียหาย อย่างมาก  destruction devastation ruin kwam-hai-ya-na

 

wrack

N ซาก เรือ ที่ แตก กระจัดกระจาย (คำ โบรา ณ  shipwreck sak-ruea-ti-tea-kra-jad-kra-jai

 

wrack

N สาหร่ายทะเล ซึ่ง ลอย อยู่ กลาง ทะเล หรือ เติบโต ตาม ชายฝั่ง  sa-rai-ta-lea-sueng-loi-yu-klang-ta-lea

 

wrackful

ADJ ซึ่ง เกิด ความเสียหาย อย่างมาก  sueng-koed-kwam-sia-hai-yang-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WRACK, WRECK

n.[See Wreck. ] A name given to a marine plant which is of great utility as a manure. It is called sometimes sea-wrack or sea-wreck, and sea-oak and sea-tangle. It is the Fucus vesiculosus of Linne, a plant found on rocks left dry at low water. The stalk runs along the middle of the leaf, and is terminated by watery bladders. The grass wrack is of the genus Zostera. Wrack, and to wrack. [See Wreck. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WRACK

WRACK Wrack, n.

 

Defn: A thin, flying cloud; a rack.

 

WRACK

WRACK Wrack, v. t.

 

Defn: To rack; to torment. [R.]

 

WRACK

Wrack, n. Etym: [OE. wrak wreck. See Wreck. ]

 

1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs. ] Chaucer. "A world devote to universal wrack. " Milton. wrack and ruin

 

2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores.

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Coarse seaweed of any kind. Wrack grass, or Grass wrack (Bot. ), eelgrass.

 

WRACK

WRACK Wrack, v. t.

 

Defn: To wreck. [Obs. ] Dryden.

 

WRACKFUL

WRACKFUL Wrack "ful, a.

 

Defn: Ruinous; destructive. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

wrack

wrack 1 |ræk | ▶verb variant spelling of rack 1 ( sense 1 of the verb ). usage: On the complicated relationship between wrack and rack, see usage at rack 1 .

 

wrack

wrack 2 |rak ræk | ▶noun any of a number of coarse brown seaweeds that grow on the shoreline, frequently each kind forming a distinct band in relation to high- and low-water marks. Many have air bladders for buoyancy. [Genera Fucus, Ascophyllum, and Pelvetia, class Phaeophyceae. ] ORIGIN early 16th cent.: apparently from wrack 4 .

 

wrack

wrack 3 (also rack ) ▶noun a mass of high, thick, fast-moving cloud: there was a thin moon, a wrack of cloud. ORIGIN late Middle English: variant of rack 5 .

 

wrack

wrack 3 |ræk | ▶noun variant spelling of rack 5. ORIGIN late Middle English: variant of rack 5 .

 

wrack

wrack 4 |ræk | ▶noun archaic or dialect a wrecked ship; a shipwreck. • wreckage. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Middle Dutch wrak; related to wreak and wreck .

 

Oxford Dictionary

wrack

wrack 1 |rak | ▶verb variant spelling of rack 1 ( sense 1 of the verb ). usage: On the complicated relationship between wrack and rack, see usage at rack 1 .

 

wrack

wrack 2 ▶noun [ mass noun ] any of a number of coarse brown seaweeds which grow on the shoreline, frequently each kind forming a distinct band in relation to high- and low-water marks. Many have air bladders for buoyancy. ●Genera Fucus, Ascophyllum, and Pelvetia, class Phaeophyceae. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: apparently from wrack 4; compare with varec .

 

wrack

wrack 3 (also rack ) ▶noun a mass of high, thick, fast-moving cloud: there was a thin moon, a wrack of cloud. ORIGIN late Middle English: variant of rack 5 .

 

wrack

wrack 4 ▶noun archaic or dialect a wrecked ship; a shipwreck. • [ mass noun ] wreckage. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Middle Dutch wrak; related to wreak and wreck .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

wrack

wrack verb EASILY CONFUSED WORDS See rack . These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Duden Dictionary

wrack

wrack Adjektiv |wr a ck |aus dem Niederdeutschen < mittelniederdeutsch wrack (besonders von Schiffen, Flugzeugen ) defekt, beschädigt und deshalb nicht mehr brauchbar, tauglich ein wrackes Schiff, Flugzeug | Kaufmannssprache veraltend wracke Ware | wrack werden

 

Wrack

Wrack Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Wr a ck |das Wrack; Genitiv: des Wrack [e ]s, Plural: die Wracks, selten: Wracke aus dem Niederdeutschen < mittelniederdeutsch wrack, eigentlich = herumtreibender Gegenstand [durch Zerstörung ] unbrauchbar gewordenes [nur noch in Bruchstücken vorhandenes ] Schiff, Flugzeug o. Ä. das Wrack eines Schiffs heben, verschrotten | figurativ ein menschliches Wrack (jemand, dessen körperliche Kräfte völlig verbraucht sind )

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

wrack

wrack 1 /ræk /名詞 1 U 破壊, 破滅, 荒廃 .2 C 破壊された残骸 （がい ）; 難破船 ; 漂着物 .3 U 浜に打ち上げられた [磯辺に生える ]海草 〘肥料などに用いる 〙.4 U ちぎれ雲 .

 

wrack

wrack 2 動詞 他動詞 1 〖通例be ～ed 〗苦しむ, さいなまれる .2 …を拷問にかける .