Tra từ wreck - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wreck [wreck wrecks wrecked wrecking] noun, verb BrE [rek] NAmE [rek]
noun
1. a ship that has sunk or that has been very badly damaged
see also ↑shipwreck
2. a car, plane, etc. that has been very badly damaged in an accident
•Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck.
•She was pulled from the burning wreck by firefighters.
3. usually singular (informal)a person who is in a bad physical or mental condition
•Physically, I was a total wreck.
•The experience left her an emotional wreck.
•The interview reduced him to a nervous wreck.
4. (informal)a vehicle, building, etc. that is in very bad condition
•The house was a wreck when we bought it.
• (figurative)They still hoped to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage.
5. (NAmE) = ↑crash
•a car/train wreck

Word Origin:
Middle English (as a legal term denoting wreckage washed ashore): from Anglo-Norman French wrec, from the base of Old Norse reka ‘to drive’; related to ↑wreak.

Example Bank:
•Explosions ripped through the blazing wreck.
•Heavy seas prevented salvage teams from landing on the wreck.
•His attempts at damage control are like watching a car wreck.
•I always turn into a gibbering wreck at interviews.
•I hadn't slept for two days, and I felt a complete physical wreck.
•The campaign is a train wreck waiting to happen.
•The interview reduced him to a nervous wreck.
•They are worried about the oil still in the wreck.
•They're going to try and raise the wreck from the sea bed.
•the wreck of the Titanic
•The wreck occurred at milepost 534, just west of Greenup, Kentucky.

verb
1. ~ sth to damage or destroy sth
•The building had been wrecked by the explosion.
•The road was littered with wrecked cars.
2. ~ sth (for sb) to spoil sth completely
•The weather wrecked all our plans.
•A serious injury nearly wrecked his career.
3. usually passive ~ sth to damage a ship so much that it sinks or can no longer sail
•The ship was wrecked off the coast of France.
see also ↑shipwreck
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (as a legal term denoting wreckage washed ashore): from Anglo-Norman French wrec, from the base of Old Norse reka ‘to drive’; related to ↑wreak.

Example Bank:
•A bomb completely wrecked the building.
•a crisis that threatens to wreck the peace talks
•A serious injury in 2006 threatened to wreck his career.
•His affair wrecked our marriage.
•Their lives had been wrecked by neglect and abuse.
•youths who steal and wreck fast cars