rank

class, degree, grade, rank

row, queue, line, rank, file

名词 rank:

1. a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
2. relative status
3. the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
   同义词：rank and file
4. position in a social hierarchy
   同义词：social station, social status, social rank
5. the body of members of an organization or group
   同义词：membership

动词 rank:

1. take or have a position relative to others
2. assign a rank or rating to
   同义词：rate, range, order, grade, place
3. take precedence or surpass others in rank
   同义词：outrank

形容词 rank:

1. very fertile; producing profuse growth
2. very offensive in smell or taste
3. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
   同义词：crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross
4. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
   同义词：absolute, downright, out-and-out, right-down, sheer
5. growing profusely

1. I rank her among the country's best writers.
   我认为她可属全国最优秀作家之列。
2. A general ranks a captain.
   将军的级别比上尉高。
3. This tennis player ranked third in the world.
   这位网球运动员排名世界第三。
4. He is above me in rank.
   他的级别比我高。

rank

n.（名词）

A relative position in a society.
社会地位，社会阶层：在社会中所处的相对位置
An official position or grade:
职位，官级：官方地位或等级：
例句：
the rank of sergeant.
中士职位

A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
顺序，次序：在一个等级团体中所处的相对位置或相对价值层次
High or eminent station or position:
高位，显贵：高级或突出的地位或职位：
例句：
persons of rank.
达官显贵

A row, line, series, or range.
行列：行、列、系列或行列

A line of soldiers, vehicles, or equipment standing side by side in close order.
并排：横排紧密地一个挨一个地排列着的士兵、交通工具或装备
ranks The armed forces.
ranks 军队：武装部队
ranks Personnel, especially enlisted military personnel.
ranks 军队士兵：人员，尤指参加军事部队的成员
ranks A body of people classed together; numbers:
ranks 群众：归类在一起的人们；成员：
例句：
joined the ranks of the unemployed.
加入到失业大军中

Games Any of the horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard.
【游戏】 横排，横格：国际象棋棋盘中组成格的任意横线
v.（动词）
ranked,rank.ing,ranks
v.tr.（及物动词）
To place in a row or rows.
排列：排入一排或数排中
To give a particular order or position to; classify.
分等，分级：给予…特定的次序或位置；归类
To outrank or take precedence over.
高于，在…之上：级别高过…或在…之前
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To hold a particular rank:
位于：占据一个特定的等级：
例句：
ranked first in the class.
在班上名列前茅

To form or stand in a row or rows.
使成横排：形成或站入一排或数排中
Slang
【俚语】
To complain.
抱怨
To engage in carping criticism. Often used withon :
吹毛求疵，揭疮疤：持续不断地进行尖刻的批评。通常与on 连用：
例句：
Stop ranking on me all the time.
不要总对我吹毛求疵

<习惯用语>pull rank
To use one`s superior rank to gain an advantage.
弄权：利用某人的高级职位谋求利益
来源：
Middle English [line, row]
中古英语 [行，列]
from Old French ranc, renc
源自 古法语 ranc, renc
[of Germanic origin] * see sker- 2
[源于德语] *参见 sker- 2

rank
rank 2

adj.（形容词）
rank.er,rank.est
Growing profusely or with excessive vigor:
茂密丛生的：生长得茂密或速度极快的：
例句：
rank vegetation in the jungle.
丛林中茂密丛生的植物

Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile:
极度肥沃的：生长出茂密乃至超常植物的；极其肥沃的：
例句：
rank earth.
肥沃的土壤

Strong and offensive in odor or flavor.
刺鼻的；难闻的：气味或味道强烈或使人不舒服的
Conspicuously offensive:
恼人的：极其使人不快的：
例句：
rank treachery.See Synonyms at flagrant
臭名昭著的叛变参见 flagrant

Absolute; complete:
绝对的，完全的：
例句：
a rank amateur; a rank stranger.
一个地道的业余者；十足的陌生人

来源：
Middle English ranc
中古英语 ranc
from Old English [strong, overbearing] * see reg-
源自 古英语 [强烈的，超常的] *参见 reg-

【引伸】
rank.ly
adv.（副词）
rank.ness
n.（名词）