- [countable]
(in rugby 橄榄球 a group of players who gather round the ball when it is lying on the ground and push each other in order to get the ball 自由密集争球 - [singular]
a group of people standing closely together or fighting 拥在一起的人群；混乱打斗的人群 He pushed his way through the ruck of drinkers to get to the bar. 他挤过一群饮酒者来到酒吧。 When the police arrived, it soon turned into an ugly ruck. 当警察到达时，很快就变成了一场丑陋的骚乱。
- the ruck[singular] (disapproving)
ordinary people or events 普通人；寻常事
Word Originnoun Middle English (in the sense ‘stack of fuel, heap’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian ruke ‘heap of hay’.