1N-UNCOUNT [oft theNOUN](飞机、汽车等的)残骸;(建筑物等的)废墟 When something such as a plane, car, or building has been destroyed, you can refer to what remains as wreckage or the wreckage . (飞机、汽车等的)残骸;(建筑物等的)废墟
Mark was dragged from the burning wreckage of his car. [+ of]
2N-SING [theNOUN, usually NOUNof n](计划等失败或遭到破坏后的)残余 If something such as a plan has failed or been spoilt completely, you can refer to what remains as the wreckage of it. (计划等失败或遭到破坏后的)残余
New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF WRECKAGE | VERB + WRECKAGE | WRECKAGE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤mangled, tangled, twisted損毀的/糾結成一團的/扭曲的殘骸▸➤blazing, burning, flaming, smoking, smoldering燃燒的殘骸;冒着煙的殘骸➤aircraft, plane飛機殘骸➤human人體遺骸◇the human wreckage of the battlefield戰場上的屍體... OF WRECKAGE➤bit, piece一點兒/一片殘骸◇Pieces of wreckage have been found up to three miles away.直到 3 英里遠的地方都還能找到殘骸碎片。➤pile一堆殘骸VERB + WRECKAGE➤scatter, spread將殘骸散落到◇The crash left wreckage spread over a wide area.墜機殘骸散落的範圍很廣。➤be strewn with散落着殘骸◇The runway is still strewn with wreckage.飛機跑道上仍然散落着殘骸。➤survey檢查殘骸◇He surveyed the wreckage of his expensive equipment.他查看了一番他那昂貴裝備的殘骸。➤comb, comb through, search, sift through搜尋殘骸;搜查殘骸;詳查殘骸◇Police are searching the wreckage for clues to the cause of the accident.警察正在殘骸中仔細搜索,尋找引起事故的線索。➤examine檢查殘骸▸➤clear清理殘骸◇The wreckage has now been cleared from the road.路上的車輛殘骸現在已清理乾淨。➤be buried beneath, be buried in, be trapped in被埋在殘骸下面;被埋在殘骸裏;被困在殘骸裏◇Several people are still trapped in the wreckage.有幾個人仍然被困在殘骸裏。➤crawl from從殘骸裏爬出來▸➤cut sb free from, cut sb from, free sb from, pull sb from切割殘骸使某人脫困;把某人從殘骸中解救出來;把某人從殘骸中拉出來◇It took workers several minutes to free him from the wreckage.工人們花了幾分鐘將他從殘骸中解救了出來。◇He had to be cut from the wreckage by firemen.他得等待消防員破拆殘骸把他救出來。➤recover sth from, rescue sb/sth from, salvage sth from從殘骸中找回⋯/救出⋯/搶救出⋯◇Another body has been recovered from the wreckage.從殘骸中又找到一具屍體。◇Could nothing be rescued from the wreckage of her dreams? (figurative) 難道從她破滅的夢想中就找不出一絲希望了嗎?➤emerge from (figurative) 從絕境中產生 ◇A new leader emerged from the wreckage of the election.從選舉的廝殺中誕生了新的領導人。WRECKAGE + VERB➤be strewn殘骸散落◇Wreckage was strewn over a wide area.殘骸散落的範圍很大。PREPOSITION➤amidst the wreckage, among the wreckage在殘骸之中◇Bodies lay among the tangled wreckage.扭曲的殘骸中有一些屍體。➤in the wreckage在殘骸裏◇Her body was discovered in the wreckage.她的屍體是在殘骸中發現的。➤wreckage from⋯的殘骸◇A search is going on for wreckage from the blazing aircraft.正在搜尋起火燃燒的飛機殘骸。