wrackful

a. 毁坏(性)的,破坏(性)的

词形变化

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释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    ruinous; destructive.

    Yes, of course, we worried about the symptoms that were suggestive of a compromised health - the fevers and sweating, poor appetite and weight loss, a wrackful cough with painful breathing and unfamiliar lassitude - all signs producing a fearful trembling in the back of our minds.

词源

From Middle English wrakeful, wrakful, equivalent to wrack + -ful. See also wrake.

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