wreck
残骸,失事,破坏,沉船
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Definitions
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- : any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- : wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, especially when cast ashore.
- : the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck.
- : a vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc.
- : the ruin or destruction of anything: the wreck of one's hopes.
- : a person of ruined health; someone in bad shape physically or mentally: The strain of his work left him a wreck.
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- : to cause the wreck of; shipwreck.
- : to involve in a wreck.
- : to cause the ruin or destruction of: to wreck a car.
- : to tear down; demolish: to wreck a building.
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Examples
Even with its impressive rainy-day fund, its state budget is a wreck.
Right now I’m much more casual about my hair being a wreck or whatever.
This one shows the percent of bottom-dwelling fish from each wreck that are roughly a certain length.
Ultimately, the design promises to reduce the profound rotational forces that slam brain tissue into the skull during a wreck.
The wreck occurred on the opening lap as drivers were making their first moves and Grosjean’s car made contact with Daniil Kyvat’s at the third turn of the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir.
Or for the first time, if you missed the glorious train-wreck that was the Sex Pistols.
Big Bird's honest reaction will emotionally wreck you in a way even The Fault in Our Stars can't.
Given such a multi-vehicle car wreck, voters have understandably tuned out and turnout is expected to be extremely low.
We love a train wreck because it makes us feel better about our own problems.
The first car wreck that followed is a funny story about our teenage years that we truly enjoy telling.
She saw in the chair a thin, broken figure, a drawn brown face, a wreck of a man.
An old horse, with traces hanging and harness a , stands snorting beside the boy.