Rank

[ræŋk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; 'the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen'.

(noun.) relative status; 'his salary was determined by his rank and seniority'.

(verb.) take precedence or surpass others in rank.

(verb.) take or have a position relative to others; 'This painting ranks among the best in the Western World'.

(adj.) growing profusely; 'rank jungle vegetation' .

(adj.) very fertile; producing profuse growth; 'rank earth' .

(adj.) very offensive in smell or taste; 'a rank cigar' .

安編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(superl.) Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

(superl.) Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.

(superl.) Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.

(superl.) Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.

(superl.) Strong to the taste.

(superl.) Inflamed with venereal appetite.

(adv.) Rankly; stoutly; violently.

(n. & v.) A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.

(n. & v.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).

(n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.

(n. & v.) An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.

(n. & v.) Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.

(n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.

(v. t.) To place abreast, or in a line.

(v. t.) To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.

(v. t.) To take rank of; to outrank.

(v. i.) To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.

(v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.

錄入:玛丽埃塔

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Luxuriant, vigorous, exuberant, over-abundant.[2]. Excessive, overmuch, extravagant, rampant, very great.[3]. Rancid, musty, fusty, fetid, offensive, FROWZY, strong-smelling, strong-scented.

n. [1]. Row (as of soldiers, reckoned from side to side), tier, range, FILE.[2]. Class, order, division, head, category.[3]. Degree, grade, quality, relative station.[4]. Dignity, nobility, noble class, aristocratic class.

v. a. [1]. Class, arrange, range.[2]. [Modern.] Outrank, take precedence of.

v. n. Be ranked, be classed, take rank, have rank.

編輯:鲁弗斯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Luxuriant, exuberant, extreme, excessive, rampant

SYN:Row, line, tier, order, degree, grade, dignity

ANT:Disconnection, disorder, incontinuity, solution, intermission, hiatus,plebeianism, meanness, commonalty

手打:洛伊斯

解釋/意思:

n. a row or line esp. of soldiers standing side by side: class or order: grade or degree: station: high social position or standing.—v.t. to place in a line: to range in a particular class: to place methodically: to take rank over.—v.i. to be placed in a rank or class: to have a certain degree of distinction: to be admitted as a claim against the property of a bankrupt.—n. Rank′er one who arranges or disposes in ranks: an officer who has risen from the ranks.—Rank and file the whole body of common soldiers.—Take rank of to have the right to take a higher place than; Take rank with to take the same rank as; The ranks the order of common soldiers.

adj. growing high and luxuriantly: coarse from excessive growth: raised to a high degree: excessive: very fertile: strong-scented: strong-tasted: rancid: utter as rank nonsense: coarse: indecent: (Shak.) ruttish: (slang) eager: (law) excessive: (mech.) cutting deeply.—adv. (Spens.) rankly fiercely.—v.i. Rank′le to be inflamed: to fester: to be a source of disquietude or excitement: to rage.—v.t. to irritate.—adv. Rank′ly offensively: to an inordinate degree.—n. Rank′ness exuberant growth: (Shak.) insolence.—adjs. Rank′-rī′ding hard-riding; Rank′-scent′ed (Shak.) strong-scented: rancid.

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