rick

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rick1 /rɪk/ noun [countable]  TAa large pile of straw or grass that is kept in a field until it is needed 禾堆；干草堆[垛] SYN haystack

Examples from the Corpus

rick• a rick of neatly stacked logs• If it is stored for too long in rick or barn, rats and mice can cause heavy losses.• We usually played in the fields and around the barns and straw ricks together.• He went to look at the ricks again.• None of them thought of looking at the ricks.• He returned to the barn to ask the other farm workers to help him cover the ricks.• It was too late to save the rick, so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames.• Another flash of lightning allowed him to see the figure of a woman running towards the rick.rick2 verb [transitive]  rick your back/neck to twist and slightly injure your back or neck 扭伤背部/脖子 SYN American English wrench I ricked my back moving the furniture around. 我在搬家具时扭伤了后背。→ See Verb tableOrigin rick Old English hreac

rick1 nounrick2 verbChinese  

large a grass pile of straw or Corpus

rick

I

rick¹ /rɪk/ noun [countable]a large pile of straw or grass that is kept in a field until it is needed
   SYN  haystack

II

rick² verb [transitive]
British Englishrick your back/neck to twist and slightly injure your back or neck
   SYN  wrench American English:
    I ricked my back moving the furniture around.