n.行李架；（放衣物、碗碟等的）架子；拷问台；折磨；（比赛开始前固定球位置的）三角框

vt.使痛苦；把...放在架子上；累计取得

He put his bag on the luggage rack. 他把包放在行李架上。

He put his shoes on the rack. 他把鞋放在架子上。

We will all be on the rack until the exam results are published. 在考试结果公布之前,我们将一直焦虑不安。

I was racked with doubt and pain. 我满腹疑虑,痛苦万分。

You should rack these bottles of wine. 你应该把那几瓶酒放到架子上。

Last year, they racked up profits of more than two billion dollars. 去年他们累计赚了二十多亿美元。

rack的基本意思是“使人遭受难以忍受的痛苦或折磨”,其形象如同在被拷打时扭动身体的状态。常用于感情上的痛苦或疾病的侵扰。

rack作及物动词,可接名词、代词作宾语,常用于被动结构,其后常接介词by或with。

rack还可作“绞尽脑汁”解,常与one's brain连用,多用于口语中。

rack还可用作名词,意思是“架, 行李架; 烧酒; 破坏”。