n.

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

   他們為所有人服務而不計較其社會地位。

2. 社會階層；軍階，軍銜[C][U]
   He was promoted to the rank of captain.

   他被擢升到上尉軍階。

3. 高地位，高身分，顯貴[U]
4. 排，橫列；【軍】行列[C]
5. 隊伍；軍隊；士兵[the P]
   He joined the ranks of the unemployed, too.

   他也加入了失業的行列。

6. 秩序，隊形[U]

vt.

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

   連長將士兵們排成四列縱隊。

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

   她按成績排列學生的名次。

3. 等級高於
   A major ranks a captain.

   少校軍階高於上尉。

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

   他們要你對這次事故負責。

vi.

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

   他們是班上的優等生。

2. 列隊；列隊行進[（+past/off）]
3. 處於最高地位
   The major general ranks at this camp.

   少將是這個營地的最高級軍官。

4. 【俚】抱怨

a.

1. 繁茂的；叢生的；過於茂盛的
2. 多雜草的；易生雜草的[（+with）]
   The garden is rank with weeds.

   花園長滿了雜草。

3. 過於多產的；過於肥沃的[（+with）]
4. 臭氣難聞的；（味道等）令人討厭的[（+with）]
   The rank smell of vomit reached me.

   我聞到了嘔吐物的臭氣。

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

   千萬別說粗話。

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

   這是十足的胡說八道。

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.

[名]

1. 順序。