a ship that has sunk or that has been very badly damaged 沉船；严重损毁的船 They're going to try and raise the wreck from the seabed. 他们将设法从海底捞起失事船只残骸。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterc1Heavy seas prevented salvage teams from landing on the wreck. 巨浪使海上救援队无法登上失事船只残骸。 They are worried about the oil still in the wreck. 他们担忧仍然留在失事船只里的石油。 the wreck of the Titanic “泰坦尼克”号的残骸
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + wreck- discover
- find
- locate
- …
- in a/the wreck
- on a/the wreck
- wreck of
- …
a car, plane, etc. that has been very badly damaged in an accident （事故中）遭严重毁坏的汽车（或飞机等） Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck. 有两名乘客仍被困在失事的车辆里。 She was pulled from the burning wreck by firefighters. 她被消防员从燃烧的残骸中拉了出来。
Synonyms crashcrash- slam
- collide
- smash
- wreck
- crash to hit an object or another vehicle, causing damage; to make a vehicle do this:
I was terrified that the plane would crash. 我很害怕飞机会失事。
- slam (something) into/against somebody/something to crash into something with a lot of force; to make something do this:
The car skidded and slammed into a tree. 汽车打滑，砰的一声撞到树上。
- collide (rather formal
) (of two vehicles or people) to crash into each other; (of a vehicle or person) to crash into somebody/something else: 指交通工具或人碰撞、相撞或撞上： The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog. 那辆小轿车和货车在浓雾中迎面相撞。
- smash (rather informal
) to crash into something with a lot of force; to make something do this; to crash a car: 指（使）猛烈撞击、猛烈碰撞或撞车： Ram-raiders smashed a stolen car through the shop window. 飙车抢劫者驾着偷来的汽车撞破商店橱窗。
crash, slam or smash? 用 crash、slam 还是 smash？ - wreck
to crash a vehicle and damage it so badly that it is not worth repairing 指使交通工具彻底毁坏
- two vehicles crash/collide
- two vehicles crash/slam/smash into each other
- to crash/smash/wreck a car
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1- (figurative)
The campaign is a train wreck waiting to happen. 这场运动可能演变成灾难。 The wreck occurred at milepost 534, just west of Greenup, Kentucky. 撞车发生在肯塔基州格里纳普以西里程标534处。 His attempts at damage control are like watching a car wreck. 他进行损害控制的种种做法非常引人关注。 Explosions ripped through the blazing wreck. 着火的残骸接连发生爆炸。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- car
- train
- cause
- survive
- like watching a car wreck
- like watching a train wreck
- a train wreck waiting to happen
- …
- [usually singular] (informal)
a person who is in a bad physical or mental condition （身体或精神上）受到严重损伤的人 Physically, I was a total wreck. 从身体上说，我完全是一个废人。 The experience left her an emotional wreck. 那次经历让她情绪崩溃。 The interview reduced him to a nervous wreck. 这次面试使得他的精神高度紧张。
Extra ExamplesI hadn't slept for two days, and I felt a complete physical wreck. 我已经两天没睡觉了，感觉身体都累垮了。 I always turn into a gibbering wreck at interviews. 每当面试时，我总是紧张得语无伦次。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- complete
- total
- …
- feel
- look
- reduce somebody to
- …
- (informal)
a vehicle, building, etc. that is in very bad condition 状况非常糟糕的车辆（或建筑物等） The house was a wreck when we bought it. 我们买下这座房子时，它破烂不堪。 - (figurative)
They still hoped to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage. 他们仍然希望从他们破碎的婚姻中挽回点什么。
- (North American English) (also crash British and North American English)
an accident in which a vehicle hits something, for example another vehicle, usually causing damage and often injuring or killing the passengers 撞车；碰撞；相撞 a car/train wreck 汽车／火车失事
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Word OriginMiddle English (as a legal term denoting wreckage washed ashore): from Anglo-Norman French wrec, from the base of Old Norse reka ‘to drive’; related to wreak.