English Dictionary

wreck

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹɛk/

名詞

特定用法 不可算名詞

Something or someone that has been ruined. / The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down. / An event in which something is damaged through collision.

日本語の意味

大きく破壊されたもの、残骸。特に衝突や事故などにより甚大な被害を受けた物体の破損部分。 / 衝突や激しいダメージを受け、原形を留めない状態となった物や構造物の残骸。

After the scandal, he felt like a wreck, unable to face his friends.

スキャンダルの後、彼はボロボロになってしまい、友人に顔を合わせることができなかった。

意味（1）

Something or someone that has been ruined.

He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.

意味（2）

The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.

To the fair haven of my native home, / The wreck of what I was, fatigued I come.

意味（3）

An event in which something is damaged through collision.

意味（4）

(specifically, nautical) A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.

意味（5）

(law, not countable) Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.

... Wreck includes the cargo, stores and tackle of a vessel and all parts of a vessel separated from the vessel, and the property of persons who belong to, are on board or have quitted a vessel that is wrecked, stranded or in distress at any place in Canada.

意味（6）

(ornithology) A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.

[I]n 1952 more than 7,000 were involved in such a wreck in Britain and Ireland.

wrecks （ plural ）