Definition of the word wrecked

Pronunciation of vocabulary wrecked

wreckedadjective

bị đắm

/rekt//rekt/

Origin of the word wrecked

The word "wrecked" ultimately stems from the Old Norse word "reka," meaning "to drive, to carry along." This was adopted into Old English as "wreccan," evolving to "wreck" in Middle English. The initial meaning of "wreck" was "to drive ashore" or "to drive away" but it came to refer to shipwrecks due to the association of ships being driven onto the shore by the sea. "Wrecked" followed the same trajectory, meaning initially "driven away" or "cast out" and then evolving to signify the devastation of a shipwreck.

Vocabulary summary wrecked

typenoun

meaningruin, devastation, destruction; collapse

exampleto wreck someone's hope

exampleto wreck a plan

examplethe wreck of his hopes

meaningrubble; rubble

exampleto search the corpses among the wrecks

meaning(nautical) wreck; sunken ship

typetransitive verb

meaningto spoil, to ruin, to shatter, to bring to ruin (hope); to frustrate ((literal) & (figurative))

exampleto wreck someone's hope

exampleto wreck a plan

examplethe wreck of his hopes

meaning(nautical) sink (ship)

exampleto search the corpses among the wrecks

meaningderail; knock down (a car); destroy (a building)

Example of vocabulary wreckednamespace

meaning

having been wrecked

đã bị đắm

  • a wrecked ship/marriage

    một con tàu/cuộc hôn nhân bị đắm

meaning

very drunk; not behaving or thinking normally because of the effects of an illegal drug

rất say; không cư xử hoặc suy nghĩ bình thường vì ảnh hưởng của một loại thuốc bất hợp pháp

meaning

very tired

rất mệt mỏi

Words, synonyms, related vocabulary wrecked


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