n.

1. 等级；地位，身份[C][U]
   They catered for everyone regardless of social rank.

   他们为所有人服务而不计较其社会地位。

2. 社会阶层；军阶，军衔[C][U]
   He was promoted to the rank of captain.

   他被提升到上尉军阶。

3. 高地位，高身份，显贵[U]
4. 排，横列；【军】行列[C]
5. 队伍；军队；士兵[the P]
   He joined the ranks of the unemployed, too.

   他也加入了失业的行列。

6. 秩序，队形[U]

vt.

1. 排列，把……排成行[H]
   The company commander ranked his soldiers in a column four deep.

   连长将士兵们排成四列纵队。

2. 把……分等；把……评级[O]
   She ranked her students according to their grades.

   她按成绩排列学生的名次。

3. 等级高于
   A major ranks a captain.

   少校军阶高于上尉。

4. 【俚】揭露；欺瞒；责难[（+out）]
   They'll rank you for the accident.

   他们要你对这次事故负责。

vi.

1. 列为[Q]
   They ranked high in their class.

   他们是班上的优等生。

2. 列队；列队行进[（+past/off）]
3. 处于最高地位
   The major general ranks at this camp.

   少将是这个营地的最高级军官。

4. 【俚】抱怨

a.

1. 繁茂的；丛生的；过于茂盛的
2. 多杂草的；易生杂草的[（+with）]
   The garden is rank with weeds.

   花园长满了杂草。

3. 过于多产的；过于肥沃的[（+with）]
4. 臭气难闻的；（味道等）令人讨厌的[（+with）]
   The rank smell of vomit reached me.

   我闻到了呕吐物的臭气。

5. 粗鄙的，下流的
   Never use rank language.

   千万别说粗话。

6. 【贬】十足的[B]
   This is rank nonsense.

   这是十足的胡说八道。

n.

1. a position within a fixed hierarchy, especially that of the armed forces.
2. high social standing.
3. a single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast.
   ▸a regular row or line of things or people.
4. (the ranks) (in the armed forces) those who are not commissioned officers.
5. (ranks) the people belonging to or constituting a group or class:
   the ranks of the unemployed.
6. Chess  each of the eight rows of eight squares running from side to side across a chessboard. Compare with file² (in sense ³).
7. Brit. short for taxi rank.
8. Mathematics  the value or the order of the largest non-zero determinant of a given matrix.

v.

1. give (someone or something) a rank within a grading system.
2. hold a specified rank.
3. US take precedence over (someone) in respect to rank.
4. arrange in a row or rows.

adj.

1. having a foul smell.
   ▸informal very unpleasant.
2. (especially of something bad) complete; utter:
   rank stupidity.
3. (of vegetation) growing too thickly.