Sack



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• n. 粗布袋; v. 掠夺
• ［英］ n. 粗布袋 ( a bag of coarse cloth) ; v. 掠夺 ( to plunder or loot)
• ［例］ Nazi armies sacked Europe's art galleries.

Webster Collegiate

kI. noun

• Etymology: Middle English sak bag, sackcloth, from Old English sacc, from Latin saccus bag & Late Latin saccus sackcloth, both from Greek sakkos bag, sackcloth, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew ?aq bag, sackcloth
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a usually rectangular-shaped bag (as of paper, burlap, or canvas)
• 2. the amount contained in a sack; especially a fixed amount of a commodity used as a unit of measure
• 3.
  • a. a woman's loose-fitting dress
  • b. a short usually loose-fitting coat for women and children
  • c. sacque 2
• 4. dismissal <gave him the sack>
• 5.
  • a. hammock, bunk
  • b. bed
• 6. a base in baseball
• 7. an instance of sacking the quarterback in football
• ? sackful noun

II. transitive verb

• Date: 14th century
• 1. to put in or as if in a sack
• 2. to dismiss especially summarily
• 3. to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage in football
• ? sacker noun

III. noun

• Etymology: modification of Middle French sec dry, from Latin siccus; probably akin to Old High German sīhan to filter, Sanskrit si?cati he pours
• Date: circa 1532
• any of several white wines imported to England from Spain and the Canary Islands during the 16th and 17th centuries

IV. transitive verb

• Etymology: ［sup］5［/sup］sack
• Date: circa 1547
• 1. to plunder (as a town) especially after capture
• 2. to strip of valuables ; loot
• Synonyms: see ravage
• ? sacker noun

V. noun

• Etymology: Middle French sac, from Old Italian sacco, literally, bag, from Latin saccus
• Date: 1549
• the plundering of a captured town

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