rack one Idioma
rack one
try one's best to think, make a great mental effort I racked my brain for over an hour to try and figure out what to do about the problem with the new computer.try hard to think or remember something I have been racking my brains all day trying to remember his name.
rack one's brains
try one's best to think;try to remember sth.one has known;think hard with little or no result 绞尽脑汁;努力思考仍无结果;尽力回忆
He racked his brains during the test trying to solve the difficult problem.考试时他绞尽脑汁试图把难题解出来。
Henry racked his brains trying to remember where he left his key.亨利想来想去,试图回忆起他把钥匙放在什么地方了。
rack one's brain|brain|rack
v. phr. To try your best to think; make a great mental effort; especially: to try to remember something you have known.
Bob racked his brain trying to remember where he left the book. Susan racked her brain trying to guess whom the valentine came from. John racked his brain during the test trying to solve the problem.
rack one's brain
rack one's brain Also,
cudgel one's brains. Strain to remember or find a solution, as in
I've been racking my brain trying to recall where we put the key, or
He's been cudgeling his brains all day over this problem. The first term, first recorded in 1583 as
rack one's wit, alludes to the
rack that is an instrument of torture, on which the victim's body was stretched until the joints were broken. The variant, from the same period, uses
cudgel in the sense of “beat with a cudgel” (a short thick stick). Shakespeare used it in
Hamlet (5:1): “Cudgel thy brains no more about it, for your dull ass will not bend his pace with beating.” Also see
beat one's brains out.
rack one
try one's best to think, accomplish a abundant brainy accomplishment I racked my academician for over an hour to try and amount out what to do about the botheration with the new computer.try adamantine to anticipate or bethink article I accept been cutting my accuracy all day aggravating to bethink his name.
rack one's brain
rack one's brain Also,
cudgel one's brains. Strain to bethink or acquisition a solution, as in
I've been cutting my academician aggravating to anamnesis area we put the key, or
He's been cudgeling his accuracy all day over this problem. The aboriginal term, aboriginal recorded in 1583 as
rack one's wit, alludes to the
rack that is an apparatus of torture, on which the victim's anatomy was continued until the joints were broken. The variant, from the aforementioned period, uses
cudgel in the faculty of “beat with a cudgel” (a abbreviate blubbery stick). Shakespeare acclimated it in
Hamlet (5:1): “Cudgel thy accuracy no added about it, for your addled ass will not angle his clip with beating.” Also see
beat one's accuracy out.
rack one's brain|brain|rack
v. phr. To try your best to think; accomplish a abundant brainy effort; especially: to try to bethink article you accept known.
Bob racked his academician aggravating to bethink area he larboard the book. Susan racked her academician aggravating to assumption whom the valentine came from. John racked his academician during the analysis aggravating to break the problem.
rack one's brains
try one's best to think;try to bethink sth.one has known;think adamantine with little or no aftereffect 绞尽脑汁;努力思考仍无结果;尽力回忆
He racked his accuracy during the analysis aggravating to break the difficult problem.考试时他绞尽脑汁试图把难题解出来。
Henry racked his accuracy aggravating to bethink area he larboard his key.亨利想来想去,试图回忆起他把钥匙放在什么地方了。 Dictionary