ricks

英 [rɪks]

美 [rɪks]

n.  干草堆; 草垛
v.  扭伤
rick的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 扭伤，拉伤（脖子）
  If yourickyour neck, you hurt it by pulling or twisting it in an unusual way.
  1. Kernaghan missed the United game after he ricked his neck...
     克纳汉因为扭伤脖子而错过了联赛。
  2. He recovered from a ricked neck.
     他扭伤的脖子治好了。

in AM, use 美国英语用 wrench


• 干草堆;草垛
  Arickis a large pile of dried grass or straw that is built in a regular shape and kept in a field until it is needed.

双语例句

• None of them thought of looking at the ricks.
  他们谁也没想到要看麦垛一眼。
• But when the smoke cleared for a moment, he was horrified to see, very close to the burn-ing rick, a whole row of wheat-ricks.
  可是当烟散开一点后，他吃惊地看到有一排麦垛就紧挨着燃烧着的干草垛。
• On his way to the harvest supper Gabriel stopped to check the eight huge hay-and wheat-ricks.
  盖伯瑞尔走在路上，停下来查看那八个麦垛。
• Thomas Ricks, the author of "Fiasco", argues that" the US-led invasion was launched recklessly, with a flawed plan for war and a worse approach to occupation. "
  《惨败》一书的作者托马斯·里克斯指出“美国引导的侵略战争是鲁莽的，开始的计划就不完善，后来的军事占领行动引来了更多的麻烦。”
• Mr Ricks's acclaimed previous book," Fiasco", chronicled America's march towards perdition in Iraq.
  瑞克斯大受好评的前作《大败局》记录了美国在伊拉克走向毁灭的历程；
• Gabriel left the barn, and returned to the ricks, two of which he managed to cover with the heavy material kept on the farm for this purpose.
  盖伯瑞尔离开谷仓，回到麦垛边，用农场上的遮盖布把其中两垛盖上。
• The only way to cover the other six ricks was by thatching them with straw, and this was a long and difficult job to do alone.
  若想把其他六垛也盖起来，唯一的办法便是用稻草盖，可一个人单独干，既费时又费力。
• If, as he suspected, there was a storm, the ricks, which were all uncovered, would be badly damaged.
  如果像他想的那样有风暴，那么，这些完全没有覆盖着的麦垛将会惨遭毁坏。
• As the ricks were no longer in danger, Gabriel started to climb down, and at the bottom he met the maid.
  麦垛没有什么危险了，盖伯瑞尔爬了下来，在下面他遇到了女仆。
• Some ricks were nine yards long by five yards wide.
  有些大草垛有九码长五码宽。