sack是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a large bag made of strong cloth, paper, or plastic, used to store large amounts of something -- 大布袋；麻袋；大纸袋；大塑料袋

  • The corn was stored in large sacks. 玉米装在大麻袋里。

  • a sack of potatoes/coal/flour 一袋土豆／煤／面粉

  • a sack of groceries 一袋食品杂货

• 1 a situation in which someone is removed from their job -- 开除，解雇

  • They gave him the sack for being late. 因为迟到，他们开除了他。

  • Two workers got the sack for fighting in the warehouse. 两名工人因为在仓库打架而被解雇了。

• 2 an attack on a building or town in which a lot of destruction is caused and many valuable things are stolen -- （通常指在战争中）洗劫，劫掠

  • The sack of Rome by the Visigoths occurred in the fifth century. 西哥特人洗劫罗马发生在公元5世纪。

• 3 in American football, an attack on the quarterback that prevents him from throwing the ball -- （美式橄榄球）擒杀（四分卫）

  • The Colts have allowed only six sacks this season. 小马队本赛季只遭受到六次擒杀。

• 4 bed -- 床

  • It's late - I'm going to hit the sack (= go to bed). 时间不早了，我要上床睡觉了。

  • He came home and found Judy and Brad in the sack (= in bed) together. 回到家，他发现朱迪和布拉德睡在一张床上。

• 5 to remove someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing them -- 解雇，开除

  • They sacked her for being late. 因为迟到，他们把她开除了。

  • He got sacked from his last job. 他上一份工作是被解雇的。

• 6 in American football, to attack the quarterback in order to prevent him from throwing the ball -- （美式橄榄球）擒杀（四分卫）

  • The quarterback was sacked only once and completed 16 out of 23 passes. 这名四分卫只被擒杀过一次，23次投掷成功了16次。

• 7 to attack a building or town, causing a lot of destruction and stealing many valuable things -- （通常指在战争中）洗劫，劫掠

  • The invaders sacked every village they passed on their route. 侵略者洗劫了他们途经的每个村庄。