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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

sack [sæk]
  1. 1. noun [c] (bag) 麻袋
  2. 2. vt. (dismiss) 解雇
  3. 3. vt. (plunder) 洗劫
    to get the sack
    解雇
    to give sb the sack
    解雇某人
    to sack sb for sth/for doing sth
    因某事/做某事解雇某人

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

sack [sæk]
  1. 1. noun [Person Name] 扎克
  2. 2. noun [Person Name] 萨克
  3. 3. n.[c] 手提纸袋,塑料袋
    The flour was in an open sack on the floor.
    面粉放在地上一个敞开的塑料袋里。
  4. 4. n.[c] 小囊小袋
  5. 5. n.[c] 一满袋,一大包
    She came up the steep path with a small sack of potatoes.
    她拎着一小袋土豆,爬上陡峭的楼梯
  6. 6. n.[u] 萨克葡萄酒
  7. 7. n.[c] 女式宽松长上衣
  8. 8. n.[c] 吊床
  9. 9. n.[c] 女式宽松衬裙
  10. 10. noun 洗劫劫掠屠戮
  11. 11. n.[u] [Slang] 解雇开除
    I had to take time off work and I was promptly given the sack.
    由于之前不得不请假很快我就被解雇了。
  12. 12. noun [Slang] [Soccer] 某人放倒在地
  13. 13. vt. 洗劫掠夺屠戮
    The army sacked the town, forcing most of the population into exile.
    军队洗劫这个城镇,将大多数人口驱逐出去
  14. 14. vt. 开除解雇
    Journalists who refuse to tow the line will be sacked.
    不听从命令记者将被解雇
  15. 15. vt. 净赚赢得
  16. 16. vt. 把……装进袋中
    At harvest time potatoes were sacked into 56lb bags.
    土豆丰收后被装进了56英镑重的口袋中。
    The grocer sacked the onions.
    杂货店老板这些洋葱装袋。
  17. 17. vt. [Slang] [Soccer] 某人扭倒

Collins English-English Dictionary

sack [sæk]
  1. 1. n sackful the amount contained in a sack, sometimes used as a unit of measurement
  2. 2. n sacque a woman's full loose hip-length jacket, worn in the 18th and mid-20th centuries
  3. 3. n [cricket] [Austral.] a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman: allotted to the team as an extra and not to the individual batsman bye
  4. 4. n a large bag made of coarse cloth, thick paper, etc, used as a container
  5. 5. n a woman's loose tube-shaped dress
  6. 6. n short for rucksack
  7. 7. n a slang word for bed
  8. 8. vt. [tr] [Spoken] to dismiss from employment
  9. 9. vt. to put into a sack or sacks
  10. 10. vt. [Etymology] Old English sacc, from Latin saccus bag, from Greek sakkos; related to Hebrew saq
sack [sæk]
  1. 1. n the plundering of a place by an army or mob, usually involving destruction, slaughter, etc
  2. 2. n [American football] a tackle on a quarterback which brings him down before he has passed the ball
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to plunder and partially destroy (a place)
  4. 4. vt. [American football] to tackle and bring down a quarterback before he has passed the ball
  5. 5. vt. [Etymology] C16: from French phrase mettre à sac, literally: to put (loot) in a sack, from Latin saccus sack1
sack [sæk]
  1. 1. n [archaic except in trademarks] any dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from SW Europe
  2. 2. n [Etymology] C16 wyne seck, from French vin sec dry wine, from Latin siccus dry

Examples

to give sb the sack
解雇某人
I had to take time off work and I was promptly given the sack.
由于之前不得不请假,很快我就被解雇了。
She came up the steep path with a small sack of potatoes.
她拎着一小袋土豆,爬上陡峭的楼梯。
Otherwise, the disease reservoir is infected tubers in the ground or your sack.
否则,疾病宿主是通过大地或者你的口袋被传染。
The parcel bulked in the sack.
这个包裹在袋子中显得非常大。
to lift a sack
把麻袋撑开
hold open the sack

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