一、詳細釋義:


n.

麻袋 [C]


例句:

He tumbled his clothes and books into a big sack.

他把他的衣服和書胡亂裝進一只大口袋。


例句:

Poke two holes in the sack so you can see through it.

在袋子上戳兩個洞就能透過它看了。


解雇 [C]


例句:

They gave Pete the sack for punching the foreman.

由于用拳頭打了工頭,他們開除了彼得。


例句:

I'll get the sack if I arrive at the office late!

如果上班遲到,我就得被開除。


洗劫 [C]


例句:

The enemy troops put the city to the sack.

敵軍劫掠了這個城市。


v.

裝...入袋 [T]


例句:

The child sacked the toys.

孩子把玩具裝進了袋。


例句:

All my books were sacked and sent to New York.

我的書都裝袋子里寄到紐約去了。


解雇 [T]


例句:

It's between you and me, or I'll have to sack you.

保守秘密,否則我不得不開除你。


例句:

The company' s threat to sack anyone who went on strike was just a bluff.

公司威脅說誰罷工就解雇誰,那只不過是虛張聲勢罷了。


劫掠;掠奪 [T]


例句:

The soldiers of the Fourth Crusade sack Constantinople and kill many fellow Christians.

第四次十字軍戰(zhàn)士洗劫君士坦丁堡并且殺死許多天主教伙伴。


例句:

In 1527 Imperial troops sacked the French ambassador's residence in Rome.

1527年,帝國軍隊洗劫了位于羅馬的法國大使官邸。


二、詞義辨析:


bag,sack,handbag,purse

這些名詞均含“袋”之意。 bag普通用詞,指一般的口袋,有時也指手提包。 sack應(yīng)用較窄,指較大的袋子,如麻袋等。 handbag指手提包,尤指女人用的手提包。 purse指錢包或小錢袋,在美國相當(dāng)于bandbag。


三、相關(guān)短語:


hit the sack

v.就寢


sack out

v. 睡覺


sack race

n. 套袋跑(一種把兩腿套入袋內(nèi)的賽跑)


sad sack

n. 冒失鬼, 不中用之人, 糊涂兵


四、參考例句:


a sack of potatoes

一袋土豆


They got through a sack of potatoes.

他們把一麻袋土豆吃完了。


He got the sack for petty thieving.

他因小偷小摸遭到了解雇。


He pre-empted any decision to sack him.

他預(yù)先阻止了所有解雇他的決定。


He got the sack for laziness.

他因懶惰而被解雇。


An empty sack cannot stand upright.

[諺] 空袋子,立不直。


You can take the flour sack off.

你可以把那個面粉袋取下來。


A sack is a big bag.

袋子是一個很大的袋子。


If you are late again, the boss will sack you.

如果你再遲到,老板就會解雇你。


He tumbled his clothes and books into a big sack.

他把他的衣服和書胡亂裝進一只大口袋。