n.

1. （船等的）失事，遇难[U]
   The captain tried to save the ship from wreck.

   船长试图拯救这条船，使之免于遇难。

2. 船难事故[C]
   The hurricane caused many wrecks.

   飓风造成了许多船难。

3. 失事的船；失事船的残骸[C]
4. （被毁车辆，飞机，房屋等的）残骸[C]
   All around were the wrecks of previous crashes.

   四周全是以前撞毁的汽车的残骸。

5. 破坏，毁灭；挫折[U]
   Budget cuts mean the wreck of all our plans.

   预算的削减意味着我们所有计划的破产。

6. 【口】受严重损害的人；变得极瘦弱的人；失去健康的人[C]
   My father was a complete wreck after the illness.

   我父亲病后身体完全垮了。

vt.

1. 使失事，使遇难[H][W]
   The ship was wrecked in a storm.

   这条船在一次风暴中失事了。

2. 破坏；损害；使受挫
   His drinking wrecked their marriage.

   他的酗酒毁坏了他们的婚姻。

3. 招致

vi.

1. 失事，遇难；受到破坏
   The train wrecked at the crossing.

   火车在交叉道口失事。

2. 营救（或抢劫）失事船

n.

1. the destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck.
   ▸a ship destroyed in such a way.
   ▸Law  goods brought ashore by the sea from a wreck.
2. a building, vehicle, etc. that has been destroyed or badly damaged.
   ▸N. Amer. a road or rail crash.
3. a person whose physical or mental health or strength has failed:
   an emotional wreck.

v.

1. cause the destruction of (a ship) by sinking or breaking up.
   ▸ [as noun wrecking] chiefly historical the practice of destroying a ship in order to steal the cargo.
   ▸archaic suffer or undergo shipwreck.
2. destroy or severely damage.
   ▸spoil completely:

   the eye injury wrecked his chances.
3. [usu. as noun wrecking] chiefly N. Amer. engage in breaking up badly damaged vehicles or demolishing old buildings to obtain usable spares or scrap.