transcription, транскрипция: [ rek ]
( wrecks, wrecking, wrecked)
1.
To wreck something means to completely destroy or ruin it.
A coalition could have defeated the government and wrecked the treaty...
His life has been wrecked by the tragedy.
...missed promotions, lost jobs, wrecked marriages.
VERB : V n , V n , V-ed
2.
If a ship is wrecked , it is damaged so much that it sinks or can no longer sail.
The ship was wrecked by an explosion.
...a wrecked cargo ship.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed , V-ed
3.
A wreck is something such as a ship, car, plane, or building which has been destroyed, usually in an accident.
...the wreck of a sailing ship...
The car was a total wreck...
We thought of buying the house as a wreck, doing it up, then selling it.
N-COUNT
4.
A wreck is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed. ( mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use crash )
He was killed in a car wreck.
N-COUNT : usu supp N
5.
If you say that someone is a wreck , you mean that they are very exhausted or unhealthy. ( INFORMAL )
You look a wreck...
N-COUNT : usu sing
see also nervous wreck