the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged or destroyed (車輛等的)殘骸;(建築物等的)廢墟 A few survivors were pulled from the wreckage. 從廢墟中扒出了幾個幸存者。 Pieces of wreckage were found ten miles away from the scene of the explosion. 在離爆炸現場十英裏的地方發現了殘骸碎片。 - (figurative)
Could nothing be rescued from the wreckage of her dreams? 難道從她那破滅的夢想中就找不出一絲希望了嗎?
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc2A search is going on for wreckage from the blazing aircraft. 正在搜尋起火燃燒的飛機殘骸。 Another body has been recovered from the wreckage. 從殘骸中又找到一具屍體。 Bodies lay among the tangled wreckage. 扭曲的殘骸中有一些屍體。 He had to be cut from the wreckage by firemen. 他得等待消防員破拆殘骸把他救出來。 He surveyed the wreckage of his expensive equipment. 他查看了一番他那昂貴裝備的殘骸。 Her body was discovered in the wreckage. 她的屍體是在殘骸中發現的。 It took workers several minutes to free him from the wreckage. 工人們花了幾分鐘將他從殘骸中解救了出來。 Pieces of wreckage have been found up to three miles away. 直到 3 英裏遠的地方都還能找到殘骸碎片。 Police are searching the wreckage for clues to the cause of the accident. 警察正在殘骸中仔細搜索,尋找引起事故的線索。 Several people are still trapped in the wreckage. 有幾個人仍然被困在殘骸裏。 The crash left wreckage spread over a wide area. 墜機殘骸散落的範圍很廣。 The remains of an explosive device were found among the wreckage. 在殘骸中發現了爆炸裝置的殘留物。 The runway is still strewn with wreckage. 飛機跑道上仍然散落着殘骸。 The wreckage has now been cleared from the motorway. 現在高速公路上的車輛殘骸已清理幹淨。 Wreckage has been sighted fifteen miles north of the island. 在海島以北15 英裏處發現了殘骸。 the human wreckage of the battlefield 戰場上的屍體 An elderly man was cut from the wreckage by firefighters. 消防員切開汽車殘骸救出一個老人。 She tried to salvage whatever she could from the wreckage of her dreams. 她試圖從夢想的廢墟中搶救出她能找到的一切。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mangled
- tangled
- twisted
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- bit
- piece
- pile
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- scatter
- spread
- be strewn with
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- be strewn
- amidst the wreckage
- among the wreckage
- in the wreckage
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