the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged or destroyed (车辆等的)残骸;(建筑物等的)废墟 A few survivors were pulled from the wreckage. 从废墟中扒出了几个幸存者。 Pieces of wreckage were found ten miles away from the scene of the explosion. 在离爆炸现场十英里的地方发现了残骸碎片。 - (figurative)
Could nothing be rescued from the wreckage of her dreams? 难道从她那破灭的梦想中就找不出一丝希望了吗?
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc2A search is going on for wreckage from the blazing aircraft. 正在搜寻起火燃烧的飞机残骸。 Another body has been recovered from the wreckage. 从残骸中又找到一具尸体。 Bodies lay among the tangled wreckage. 扭曲的残骸中有一些尸体。 He had to be cut from the wreckage by firemen. 他得等待消防员破拆残骸把他救出来。 He surveyed the wreckage of his expensive equipment. 他查看了一番他那昂贵装备的残骸。 Her body was discovered in the wreckage. 她的尸体是在残骸中发现的。 It took workers several minutes to free him from the wreckage. 工人们花了几分钟将他从残骸中解救了出来。 Pieces of wreckage have been found up to three miles away. 直到 3 英里远的地方都还能找到残骸碎片。 Police are searching the wreckage for clues to the cause of the accident. 警察正在残骸中仔细搜索,寻找引起事故的线索。 Several people are still trapped in the wreckage. 有几个人仍然被困在残骸里。 The crash left wreckage spread over a wide area. 坠机残骸散落的范围很广。 The remains of an explosive device were found among the wreckage. 在残骸中发现了爆炸装置的残留物。 The runway is still strewn with wreckage. 飞机跑道上仍然散落着残骸。 The wreckage has now been cleared from the motorway. 现在高速公路上的车辆残骸已清理干净。 Wreckage has been sighted fifteen miles north of the island. 在海岛以北15 英里处发现了残骸。 the human wreckage of the battlefield 战场上的尸体 An elderly man was cut from the wreckage by firefighters. 消防员切开汽车残骸救出一个老人。 She tried to salvage whatever she could from the wreckage of her dreams. 她试图从梦想的废墟中抢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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