Wordiyosack
🇬🇧 UK/sæk/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREB2
Definitions
n.
A large bag made of strong material for storing goods; dismissal from a job; the plundering of a captured city
麻袋；大袋；解雇；洗劫
v.
To put into sacks; to dismiss from employment; to plunder a captured place
装袋；解雇；洗劫
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishsackother
=sack
Common Collocations
- 1.get the sack被解雇
- 2.give someone the sack解雇某人
- 3.sack of potatoes一袋土豆
- 4.sack and pillage烧杀抢掠
Example Sentences
- 1.
The farmer loaded heavy sacks of grain onto the back of the truck.
- 2.
He got the sack after repeatedly arriving late to work without explanation.
- 3.
The invading army's sack of the ancient city shocked the entire civilized world.