racking

• Описывает то, что вызывает сильную физическую или душевную боль, страдание или напряжение.

Describes something that causes great physical or mental pain, distress, or strain.

1. Causing intense pain or distressB2formal

   Describing something that causes severe physical or mental suffering.

   Мучительный

   • He felt a racking pain in his back after the accident.
   • The racking guilt kept her awake all night.
   • She let out a racking sob as she heard the news.

   Синонимыagonizingdistressingexcruciatinggrievousharrowingpainfultorturous

   Антонимыcomfortingeasingpleasantsoothing

• Глагол, используемый для обозначения действия, вызывающего физическую или душевную боль, стресс или напряжение, а также для размещения или установки чего-либо на стойку.

A verb used to indicate the act of causing physical or mental pain, stress, or strain, or to arrange or place something on a rack.

1. Cause pain or sufferingB2formal

   To cause someone to experience great physical or mental pain.

   Причинять боль

   • The disease racked his body with pain.
   • She was racked with guilt after the argument.
   • The country was racked by civil war for years.

   Синонимыafflictagonizeexcruciateharrowplaguetormenttorturewring

2. Place on a rackB1formal

   To place something on a rack for storage, display, or processing.

   Размещать на стеллаже

   • He racked the bottles of wine in the cellar.
   • The librarian racked the books on the shelves.
   • She racked the dishes to dry after washing them.

3. Think hardB2informal

   To strain or exert one's mind in an effort to think of something.

   Напрягать

   • I racked my brain trying to remember her name.
   • He racked his memory for the answer to the question.
   • She racked her mind for a solution to the problem.

   Синонимыbeatcudgelpuzzlestraintax

Фразовые вариантыrack up