1 a ship that has sunk or been badly damaged at sea 沉船；失事的船: Divers searched the wreck. 潜水员在沉船上搜索。

2 a car, plane, etc which has been badly damaged, especially in an accident （失事汽车、飞机等的）残骸: The car was a wreck but the lorry escaped almost without damage. 出事的汽车残破不堪，卡车则幸免于难，几乎完好无损。

3 [usu.sing] (informal 非正式) a person or thing that is in a very bad condition 健康（精神）极差的人；情况糟透的事物: He drove so badly I was a nervous wreck when we got there. 他开车开得很糟，我们到达那里时，我差点精神崩溃了。 wreck verbVandals had wrecked the school hall. 恣意破坏公物的人毁坏了学校的礼堂。The strike wrecked all our holiday plans. 罢工行动破坏了我们的度假计划。