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名词 ruck:

1. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
   同义词：herd
2. an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
   同义词：pucker

动词 ruck:

1. become wrinkled or drawn together
   同义词：pucker, ruck up

1. He was eager to get out of the (common) ruck and distinguish himself in some way.
   他渴望出人头地，在某方面与众不同。
2. Thesheets on my bed have rucked up.
   我床上的床单有褶子了。

ruck

n.（名词）

A multitude; a throng.
一大群；大量
The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.
一大堆：一群无法分辨的人或事物
People who are followers, not leaders.
普通群众：追随者，非领导人

来源：
Middle English ruke [heap]
中古英语 ruke [堆，垛]
[probably of Scandinavian origin]
[可能来源于斯堪的纳维亚语]

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v.（动词）
rucked,ruck.ing,rucks
v.tr.（及物动词）
To make a fold in; crease.
弄皱；折叠
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To become creased.
变皱，起皱
n.（名词）
A crease or pucker, as in cloth.
皱，褶：衣服的皱或褶

来源：
Ultimately from Old Norse hrukka [wrinkle, fold] * see sker- 2
最终源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 hrukka [皱，折] *参见 sker- 2