wreck
Từ điển Collocation
wreck noun
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.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
the house was a wreck when they bought it
thanks to that quack I am a human wreck
- an accident that destroys a ship at sea; shipwreck
- a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); crash
they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane
- a ship that has been destroyed at sea
English Slang Dictionary
1. to accomplish something
2. to destroy or break up: "All they wanted to do is wreck and flex" Public Enemy (Burn Hollywood, burn [1990]).
3. to show great freestyling skills
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
wrecks|wrecked|wrecking
syn.: demolish destroy devastate dismantle ravage ruin
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