racking
adj. 拷问的,痛苦的
v. 使痛苦,使焦虑,绞尽脑汁( rack的现在分词 )
A racking pain or emotion is a distressing one which you feel very strongly.
She was now shaking with long, racking sobs.
她正剧烈地抽噎着,浑身颤抖。
1. causing great physical or mental suffering;
She was now shaking with long, racking sobs.
她正剧烈地抽噎着,浑身颤抖。
All night I have been tossing and turning racking my brains to think what could have possessed the young man to kill himself.
整整一晚我辗转反侧,绞尽脑汁,想弄明白是什么原因竟能促成这个年轻人自杀.
He was racking his brains for a course of action.
他在脑子里拼命寻找一条行动的道路.
I have been racking my head.
我已经绞尽了脑汁.
Still, investigators say, many pickpockets make a career of it, racking up arrests, refining their skills.
探员们说, 仍然有许多扒手坚持从事老本行.他们不断地被捕, 但也不断提高自己的技艺.