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● on the ˈrackin a state of anxiety, stress, pain, etc. 极度焦虑；非常紧张；十分痛苦◆After three weeks had passed and she had still not heard from her daughter, Joan was on the rack.
三个星期过去了，琼还是没收到女儿的信，她急得快发疯了。 ORIGIN The rack was an instrument of torture, used in the past for punishing and hurting people. Their arms and legs were tied to a wooden frame and then pulled in opposite directions, stretching the body. * rack （肢刑架）是旧时刑具，施刑时将人的四肢绑在木架上，向不同的方向拉拽受刑者的身体。 |