n.

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

   船長試圖拯救這條船，使之免於遇難。

2. 船難事故[C]
   The hurricane caused many wrecks.

   颶風造成了許多船難。

3. 失事的船；失事船的殘骸[C]
4. （被毀車輛，飛機，房屋等的）殘骸[C]
   All around were the wrecks of previous crashes.

   四周全是以前撞毀的汽車的殘骸。

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

   預算的削減意味著我們所有計畫的毀滅。

6. 【口】受嚴重損害的人；變得極瘦弱的人；失去健康的人[C]
   My father was a complete wreck after the illness.

   我父親病後身體完全垮了。

vt.

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

   這條船在一次風暴中失事了。

2. 破壞；損害；使受挫
   His drinking wrecked their marriage.

   他的酗酒毀壞了他們的婚姻。

3. 招致

vi.

1. 失事，遇難；受到破壞
   The train wrecked at the crossing.

   火車在交叉道口失事。

2. 營救（或搶劫）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.