ruck

noun

🔊/rʌk/

[countable] (in rugby橄榄球) a group of players who gather round the ball when it is lying on the ground and push each other in order to get the ball自由密集争球Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
[singular] a group of people standing closely together or fighting拥在一起的人群；混乱打斗的人群
- He pushed his way through the ruck of drinkers to get to the bar.他在饮酒者的酒吧中穿行，进入酒吧。
- When the police arrived, it soon turned into an ugly ruck.警察到达时，很快就变成了丑陋的地方。
the ruck
[singular] (disapproving) ordinary people or events普通人；寻常事
- She saw marriage to him as a way out of the ruck.她把同他结婚看作是出人头地的途径。🔊🔊

Word Originnoun Middle English (in the sense ‘stack of fuel, heap’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian ruke ‘heap of hay’.

verb

🔊/rʌk/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they ruck	🔊/rʌk/ 🔊/rʌk/
he / she / it rucks	🔊/rʌks/ 🔊/rʌks/
past simple rucked	🔊/rʌkt/ 🔊/rʌkt/
past participle rucked	🔊/rʌkt/ 🔊/rʌkt/
-ing form rucking	🔊/ˈrʌkɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈrʌkɪŋ/

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(in rugby橄榄球) to take part in a ruck进行自由密集争球
Word Originverb Middle English (in the sense ‘stack of fuel, heap’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian ruke ‘heap of hay’. ruck up/ruck something up. late 18th cent. (as a noun): from Old Norse hrukka.