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sack

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sack1 /sæk/ ●●○ S3 noun [countableC] → sac
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a) TADa large bag made of strong rough cloth or strong paper, used for storing or carrying flour, coal, vegetables etc 〔裝面粉、煤、蔬菜等用的〕麻袋，粗布袋，厚紙袋，大口袋
sack of
a sack of potatoes
一大袋馬鈴薯
b) (also sackful)TM the amount that a sack can contain 一（大）袋之量
sack of
We need about a sack of rice.
我們需要大約一袋米。
→4  See picture of 見圖 BAG 1 →5 see picture at 見圖 bag1
2  the sack British EnglishBrE informalBECLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATION when someone is dismissed from their job 解僱，開除
They’ve never actually given anyone the sack.
他們從未真的辭退過什麽人。
He got the sack for stealing.
他因偷東西而被解僱。
She claimed she’d been threatened with the sack.
她稱自己受到過解僱的威脅。
Examples from the Corpus
got the sack• He was the television critic who shortly afterwards unfortunately wrote up a programme which had been cancelled, and got the sack.• Basil got the sack and next we heard Basil was trying to capture Rommel with Lord Lovatt's son.• With some pros you could have got the sack on the spot.• By then, tens of thousands more workers will have got the Sack and Sterling will have plunged even lower in value.• They checked with the firm and they said they didn't repair it, so he got the sack.• He'd never thought how she got the sacks out of her car.• The Tanners lived next door ter the stables till Will Tanner got the sack.
3  hit the sack old-fashioned informalSLEEP to go to bed 上床睡覺
It’s one o'clock – time to hit the sack.
1點鐘了——該睡覺了。
Examples from the Corpus
hit the sack• Your husband needs to relax before he hits the sack.• When they do, they hit the sack for marathon love-making sessions - that's once Bill's made the bed!• Then the two cups of decaff before you hit the sack.
4  in the sack informal in bed – used to talk about sexual activity 在床上〔用於談論性行爲〕
I bet she’s great in the sack.
我敢打賭她床上功夫一流。
Examples from the Corpus
in the sack• This time he did not withdraw it at once but stayed motionless, his arm deep in the sack.• Puss put some bran and leaves in the sack near where rabbits lived.• Not really so marvelous in the sack.• He always stopped and would try to get me in the sack again.• On the track or in the sack, Ayrton Senna remains Formula One's only true winner.• Nothing but sickness and dung remained in the sack of my torso.• I took the collar off, removed the stones, put the rest in the sack and took it to the gibbet.• Carla caught the two of them in the sack together.• He put them in the sack.
5  the sack of something formal a situation in which an army goes through a place, destroying or stealing things and attacking people 〔軍隊〕對某地的洗劫
the sack of Rome in 1527
1527年對羅馬城的劫掠
Examples from the Corpus
the sack of something• Many flooded on to the market after the Sack of Constantinople in 1204.• Very little of it relates to the north and north-east, although Salvian does describe the sack of Trier.• He eased down the sack of fuel, put the box beside it, and felt for his key.• Apart from the sacks of feed and the table and scales, the room held four large cages.• In the summer dawn he ran in the hollow ways where his great grandfather had humped the sacks of corn.• Nothing but sickness and dung remained in the sack of my torso.• By 10am the organisers are at the start, where the sacks of coal are delivered by lorry.
Examples from the Corpus
sack• The Kat was then bundled up in a sack by the Right to Censor and taken away.• She held Janir in her arms, but loosely, like a sack of wheat about to be spilled.• a sack of groceries• The corpses are carried out on pallets, the drop cloths and sacks removed and folded for use next time.• Somewhere among all these trees the Friar was in pursuit of his sack, not knowing that the sack was on Marian's shoulder.• Doleman is tied for the team lead in sacks with three.• The van was capacious and he decided to fill up the space with a couple of sacks of fuel.• They wrapped old sacks round themselves to keep out the cold.• a brown paper sack• In six games against the team, he has recorded 14 tackles, four quarterback sacks and knocked down a pass.
Related topics: American football
sack2 verb [transitiveT]
1  British EnglishBrE informalLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATION to dismiss someone from their job 解僱 SYN fire
They couldn’t sack me – I’d done nothing wrong.
他們不能解僱我——我沒做錯什麽事。
sack somebody from something
He was sacked from every other job he had.
其他工作他做一次被解僱一次。
sack somebody for (doing) something
He was sacked for being drunk.
他因爲醉酒遭到解僱。
 Register
In written and formal British English, people often prefer to use dismiss rather than sack: 在書面和正式英國英語中,人們更常說dismiss,而不說sack
People can be dismissed for misusing the Internet at work.
上班時濫用因特網可能會被解僱。
2. DSAto knock down the quarterback in American football 〔在美式橄欖球中〕擒抱〔四分衛〕
3  PMAATTACKif soldiers sack a place, they go through it destroying or stealing things and attacking people 〔軍隊〕劫掠，洗劫，破壞
The Goths sacked Rome.
哥特人洗劫了羅馬城。
4 sack out phrasal verbphr v American EnglishAmE SLEEP informal to go to sleep 睡覺
He sacked out on the sofa.
他在沙發上睡着了。
Examples from the Corpus
sack• The invaders sacked Delphi and founded Galatia.• Why sack everything, why go for the total wipeout?• Four years later Brian and Mike, a technician and a linguist were among fourteen sacked for refusing to do so.• Hundreds sacked in the credit card war.• Because you sacked Jim, how dare you do it?• Thousands of children were sacked, many of whom then found work in more dangerous industries.• Either Peter would sack me, or I would improve.• Perhaps, as Clement Attlee once said of a minister he was sacking, they are simply not up to the job.• I told you to sack Wally before I left, he said.
sack somebody for (doing) something• Glover finished with five total tackles and one sack.• Tackle Dana Stubblefield sacking Aikman twice for a total loss of 17 yards.• She settled on a one-pound sack of cookies for about $ 1.• And don't bother sacking me for cheek.• Observers believe that Vassiliev and Kokonin were sacked chiefly for financial reasons.• These are particularly useful if the sack is intended for group use, or for young people who are still growing.• They also demanded the right to form a union and insisted on the reinstatement of policemen sacked earlier for indiscipline.• The preacher Sinnett squirmed in the bow sitting on the canvas sack meant for Lehman.
From Longman Business Dictionary
sacksack1 /sæk/ noun British EnglishBrE informal
get the sack/give somebody the sackHUMAN RESOURCES to be dismissed from your job or to dismiss someone from their job
get the sack/give somebody the sack for
He got the sack for stealing.
A sales assistant was given the sack after being rude to a customer.
sacksack2 verb [transitiveT] British EnglishBrE informalHUMAN RESOURCES
to dismiss someone from their jobSYN fire
A dozen workers were sacked for refusing to work overtime.
—sacking noun [countableC]
Following his sacking, he was found guilty of fraud.
Origin sack1
Old English sacc, from Latin saccus, from Greek sakkos “bag, sackcloth”
 sack2
1. (1900-2000) → SACK1
2. (1500-1600) sack “destruction of and stealing from a town” ((16-21 centuries)), from French sac ( → SAC), in the phrase mettre A sac “put in the bag”, from Italian mettere a sacco
sack1 nounsack2 verb →REGISTER1
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