ruck
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ruck1 /rʌk/ noun 1. DSO[countable] a group of rugby players trying to get the ball when it is lying on the ground 〔英式橄榄球赛中的〕密集争球2 the ruck formalORDINARY ordinary events or people, which seem rather boring compared to the lives of rich or famous people 寻常事物；普通人 Obtaining a good education was seen as a way out of the ruck. 获得良好教育被认为是出人头地的一个途径。3. [singular] a group of people standing very closely together or fighting 聚集在一起的人群；打架的一伙人4. [countable] British English informal a fight 争吵；打架
Examples from the Corpus
ruck• Richards used his feet vigorously in a ruck and as the locals took exception he was punched on the jaw.• On the stroke of half-time, Roy fell offside at a midfield ruck.• There's a rare old ruck before the police arrive.• Gloucester were offside at the ruck and Barnes kicked the goal.• It needed some spark to concentrate his mind, something to take him out of the ruck.• It could have turned into an ugly ruck pretty quickly.ruck2 verb 1 ruck up phrasal verb FOLDif a piece of cloth rucks up, or if you ruck it up, it forms folds in an untidy way （使）起皱，（使）起褶ruck something ↔ up Your coat’s all rucked up at the back. 你的外套后背都皱了。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
ruck• What needs to happen is for players to learn how to ruck and maul more efficiently.• But too often the pack failed to ruck as a unit.ruck1 nounruck2 verbChinese
Corpus get ball trying the rugby a players of to group
ruck
ruck1 /rʌk/ 
noun
1. [countable] a group of rugby players trying to get the ball when it is lying on the ground
2. the ruck formal ordinary events or people, which seem rather boring compared to the lives of rich or famous people:
Obtaining a good education was seen as a way out of the ruck.
3. [singular] a group of people standing very closely together or fighting
4. [countable] British English informal a fight
ruck2 verb
ruck up phrasal verb
if a piece of cloth rucks up, or if you ruck it up, it forms folds in an untidy way
ruck something ↔ up
Your coat’s all rucked up at the back.
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noun1. [countable] a group of rugby players trying to get the ball when it is lying on the ground
2. the ruck formal ordinary events or people, which seem rather boring compared to the lives of rich or famous people:
3. [singular] a group of people standing very closely together or fighting
4. [countable] British English informal a fight
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verbruck up phrasal verb
if a piece of cloth rucks up, or if you ruck it up, it forms folds in an untidy way
ruck something ↔ up
