| 词汇 | sack |
| 释义 | sackWord family adjectivesackablesacklikenounsackfulsackingsackclothsack racesackagesackersack Daily life sack1 /sæk/ ●●○ S3 noun [countableC] → sac1 a) TADa large bag made of strong rough cloth or strong paper, used for storing or carrying flour, coal, vegetables etc 〔装面粉、煤、蔬菜等用的〕麻袋，粗布袋，厚纸袋，大口袋 sack of a sack of potatoes 一大袋马铃薯 b) (also sackful)TM the amount that a sack can contain 一（大）袋之量 →5 see picture at 见图 bag1sack of We need about a sack of rice. 我们需要大约一袋米。 2 the sack British EnglishBrE informalBECLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATION when someone is dismissed from their job 解雇，开除 They’ve never actually given anyone the sack. 他们从未真的辞退过什么人。 He got the sack for stealing. 他因偷东西而被解雇。 She claimed she’d been threatened with the sack. 她称自己受到过解雇的威胁。 Examples from the Corpus got the sack• He was the television critic who shortly afterwards unfortunately wrote up a programme which had been cancelled, and got the sack.• Basil got the sack and next we heard Basil was trying to capture Rommel with Lord Lovatt's son.• With some pros you could have got the sack on the spot.• By then, tens of thousands more workers will have got the Sack and Sterling will have plunged even lower in value.• They checked with the firm and they said they didn't repair it, so he got the sack.• He'd never thought how she got the sacks out of her car.• The Tanners lived next door ter the stables till Will Tanner got the sack. 3 hit the sack old-fashioned informalSLEEP to go to bed 上床睡觉 It’s one o'clock – time to hit the sack. 1点钟了——该睡觉了。 Examples from the Corpus hit the sack• Your husband needs to relax before he hits the sack.• When they do, they hit the sack for marathon love-making sessions - that's once Bill's made the bed!• Then the two cups of decaff before you hit the sack. 4 in the sack informal in bed – used to talk about sexual activity 在床上〔用于谈论性行为〕 I bet she’s great in the sack. 我敢打赌她床上功夫一流。 Examples from the Corpus in the sack• This time he did not withdraw it at once but stayed motionless, his arm deep in the sack.• Puss put some bran and leaves in the sack near where rabbits lived.• Not really so marvelous in the sack.• He always stopped and would try to get me in the sack again.• On the track or in the sack, Ayrton Senna remains Formula One's only true winner.• Nothing but sickness and dung remained in the sack of my torso.• I took the collar off, removed the stones, put the rest in the sack and took it to the gibbet.• Carla caught the two of them in the sack together.• He put them in the sack. 5 the sack of something formal a situation in which an army goes through a place, destroying or stealing things and attacking people 〔军队〕对某地的洗劫 the sack of Rome in 1527 1527年对罗马城的劫掠 Examples from the Corpus the sack of something• Many flooded on to the market after the Sack of Constantinople in 1204.• Very little of it relates to the north and north-east, although Salvian does describe the sack of Trier.• He eased down the sack of fuel, put the box beside it, and felt for his key.• Apart from the sacks of feed and the table and scales, the room held four large cages.• In the summer dawn he ran in the hollow ways where his great grandfather had humped the sacks of corn.• Nothing but sickness and dung remained in the sack of my torso.• By 10am the organisers are at the start, where the sacks of coal are delivered by lorry. Examples from the Corpus sack• The Kat was then bundled up in a sack by the Right to Censor and taken away.• She held Janir in her arms, but loosely, like a sack of wheat about to be spilled.• a sack of groceries• The corpses are carried out on pallets, the drop cloths and sacks removed and folded for use next time.• Somewhere among all these trees the Friar was in pursuit of his sack, not knowing that the sack was on Marian's shoulder.• Doleman is tied for the team lead in sacks with three.• The van was capacious and he decided to fill up the space with a couple of sacks of fuel.• They wrapped old sacks round themselves to keep out the cold.• a brown paper sack• In six games against the team, he has recorded 14 tackles, four quarterback sacks and knocked down a pass. American football sack2 verb [transitiveT] 1 British EnglishBrE informalLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATION to dismiss someone from their job 解雇 SYN fire They couldn’t sack me – I’d done nothing wrong. 他们不能解雇我——我没做错什么事。 sack somebody from something He was sacked from every other job he had. 其他工作他做一次被解雇一次。 sack somebody for (doing) something He was sacked for being drunk. 他因为醉酒遭到解雇。 Register In written and formal British English, people often prefer to use dismiss rather than sack: 在书面和正式英国英语中,人们更常说dismiss,而不说sack People can be dismissed for misusing the Internet at work. 上班时滥用因特网可能会被解雇。 2. DSAto knock down the quarterback in American football 〔在美式橄榄球中〕擒抱〔四分卫〕 3 PMAATTACKif soldiers sack a place, they go through it destroying or stealing things and attacking people 〔军队〕劫掠，洗劫，破坏 The Goths sacked Rome. 哥特人洗劫了罗马城。 4 sack out phrasal verbphr v American EnglishAmE SLEEP informal to go to sleep 睡觉 He sacked out on the sofa. 他在沙发上睡着了。 Examples from the Corpus sack• The invaders sacked Delphi and founded Galatia.• Why sack everything, why go for the total wipeout?• Four years later Brian and Mike, a technician and a linguist were among fourteen sacked for refusing to do so.• Hundreds sacked in the credit card war.• Because you sacked Jim, how dare you do it?• Thousands of children were sacked, many of whom then found work in more dangerous industries.• Either Peter would sack me, or I would improve.• Perhaps, as Clement Attlee once said of a minister he was sacking, they are simply not up to the job.• I told you to sack Wally before I left, he said. sack somebody for (doing) something• Glover finished with five total tackles and one sack.• Tackle Dana Stubblefield sacking Aikman twice for a total loss of 17 yards.• She settled on a one-pound sack of cookies for about $ 1.• And don't bother sacking me for cheek.• Observers believe that Vassiliev and Kokonin were sacked chiefly for financial reasons.• These are particularly useful if the sack is intended for group use, or for young people who are still growing.• They also demanded the right to form a union and insisted on the reinstatement of policemen sacked earlier for indiscipline.• The preacher Sinnett squirmed in the bow sitting on the canvas sack meant for Lehman. From Longman Business Dictionary sacksack1 /sæk/ noun British EnglishBrE informal get the sack/give somebody the sackHUMAN RESOURCES to be dismissed from your job or to dismiss someone from their job get the sack/give somebody the sack for He got the sack for stealing. A sales assistant was given the sack after being rude to a customer. sacksack2 verb [transitiveT] British EnglishBrE informalHUMAN RESOURCES to dismiss someone from their jobSYN fire A dozen workers were sacked for refusing to work overtime. —sacking noun [countableC] Following his sacking, he was found guilty of fraud. Old English sacc, from Latin saccus, from Greek sakkos “bag, sackcloth” sack2 1. (1900-2000) → SACK1 2. (1500-1600) sack “destruction of and stealing from a town” ((16-21 centuries)), from French sac ( → SAC), in the phrase mettre A sac “put in the bag”, from Italian mettere a sacco |
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