frack

verb

/fræk/

[intransitive, transitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they frack	/fræk/ /fræk/
he / she / it fracks	/fræks/ /fræks/
past simple fracked	/frækt/ /frækt/
past participle fracked	/frækt/ /frækt/
-ing form fracking	/ˈfrækɪŋ/ /ˈfrækɪŋ/

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to force liquid at high pressure into rocks, deep holes in the ground, etc. in order to force open existing cracks (= narrow openings) and take out oil or gas壓裂：將高壓液體壓入岩石，地面深孔等，以迫使打開現有的裂縫並清除油或氣的壓裂（用於某些東西）
- frack (for something) They have been fracking for oil in South Dakota since the fifties.自50年代以來，他們一直在南達科他州用水力壓裂法開采石油。
- frack something Thousands of wells have been drilled and fracked in recent years.近年來，成千上萬口井被鑽探和壓裂。
- frack something for something Some of the land is now being fracked for oil.一些土地現在正被水力壓裂開采石油。