shipwreck

英 ['ʃɪprek] 美 ['ʃɪprek]

• n. 遇难船；海难；船只失事
• v. 使遭遇海难

英英释义

Noun:

1. a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

2. an irretrievable loss;

   "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
   

3. an accident that destroys a ship at sea

Verb:

1. ruin utterly;

   "You have shipwrecked my career"
   

2. suffer failure, as in some enterprise

3. cause to experience shipwreck;

   "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
   

4. destroy a ship;

   "The vessel was shipwrecked"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The shipwreck just breaks the surface of the water.
   遇难船只的残骸露在水面上。
2. The whole family perished in a shipwreck.
   这一家人在一次海难中全部丧生。
3. Only five of the crew survived the shipwreck.
   在这次海难中只有五名船员幸免于死。
4. The news of shipwreck soon spread out widely.
   船只失事的消息很快就广泛地传开了。

经典引文

• Gentlemen indeed;..the spawn and shiprack of Taverns and Dicing Houses.

  出自： fig.

近反义词

【近义词】

• tragedy 悲剧
• wreck 使…失事