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I [ræk] noun(a frame or shelf in or on which objects (eg letters, plates, luggage etc) are put until they are wanted or needed: Put these tools back in the rack; Put your bag in the luggage-rack.) prateleiraII [ræk] III [ræk]* * *rack1[ræk] n 1 prateleira, cavalete. 2 cabide. 3 porta-bagagem. 4 grade de manjedoura. 5 xalma, xelma. 6 Mech cremalheira. • vt colocar em ou sobre cabide, prateleira, etc. book-rack estante para livros. hat-rack cabide. rack and pinion Mech engrenagem de cremalheira.————————rack2[ræk] n 1 roda (antigo instrumento de tortura). 2 tortura, suplício, angústia. • vt 1 estirar ou estender. 2 torturar, atormentar. he racked his brain / ele ficou quebrando a cabeça. 3 extorquir, tirar, ou cobrar em excesso. 4 exagerar. 5 fig quebrar a cabeça. a racking cough uma tosse sufocante. on the rack sofrendo muito. racked with grief muito sentido, pesaroso. racked with pains fustigado pela dor.————————rack3[ræk] n nuvem, nuvens ligeiras.————————rack4[ræk] n ruína, destruição. rack and ruin em estado de completa ruína. to go rack and ruin arruinar-se completamente, ir para o brejo. to live at rack and manger viver perdulariamente, desperdiçar.————————rack5[ræk] n modo de andar, passo travado (de cavalo). • vi andar a passo travado ou em marcha lenta. -
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II ['rækit] noun1) (a great deal of noise: What a racket the children are making!) barulho2) (a dishonest way of making money: the drug racket.) negociata* * *rack.et1[r'ækit] n 1 barulho, conversa em voz alta, vozearia, algazarra, clamor. 2 refeição alegre, rega-bofe, festança. 3 extorsão, qualquer plano ou modo desonesto de agir, trama. 4 Amer sl ocupação. • vi 1 fazer algazarra, festejar ruidosamente. 2 praticar atos desonestos. the rackets sl crime organizado, a Máfia. to make a racket fazer barulho, algazarra. to stand the racket pagar as contas, agüentar as conseqüências.————————rack.et2[r'ækit] n 1 raquete (para jogar tênis, pingue-pongue). 2 raquete para andar na neve. 3 jogo da péla.
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