rack

rack
rack [{{t}}ræk]
1 noun
(a) (shelf) étagère f; (in shop) présentoir m; (on cycle) porte-bagages m inv; (for cooling, drying) grille f, claie f; (for fodder, bicycles, test tubes, pipes) râtelier m; (for bottles) casier m;
(luggage) rack (in train, bus) filet m (à bagages);
(tool) rack porte-outils m inv;
(clothes) rack triangle m (à vêtements);
to buy a suit off the rack acheter un costume en prêt-à-porter
(b) {{}}History{{}} chevalet m;
to put sb on the rack faire subir à qn le supplice du chevalet; {{}}figurative{{}} mettre qn au supplice;
that question put him on the rack cette question l'a mis dans une position très difficile
(c) {{}}Technology{{}} crémaillère f
(d) {{}}Cookery{{}}
rack of lamb carré m d'agneau
(e) {{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (woman's breasts) nénés mpl
(f) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}}
to hit the rack (go to bed) se pieuter, se bâcher
(g) (idiom)
to go to rack and ruin (house) tomber en ruine; (garden) être à l'abandon; (person) dépérir; (company) péricliter; (country, institution) aller à vau-l'eau
2 transitive verb
(a) (torture) faire subir le supplice du chevalet à; {{}}figurative{{}} tenailler, ronger;
to be racked with pain être perclus de douleur;
racked by guilt tenaillé par un sentiment de culpabilité;
her body was racked with sobs son corps était secoué de sanglots;
to rack one's brains se creuser la tête
(b) (wine) soutirer
►► rack and pinion crémaillère f;
rack and pinion railway chemin m de fer à crémaillère;
rack railway chemin m de fer à crémaillère;
{{}}British{{}} rack rent loyer m exorbitant
rack back separable transitive verb
{{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}}
to rack sb back passer un savon à qn, remonter les bretelles à qn
rack up separable transitive verb
(points) marquer

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