词汇精选：sack的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
麻袋 [C]
例句：
He tumbled his clothes and books into a big sack.
他把他的衣服和书胡乱装进一只大口袋。
例句：
Poke two holes in the sack so you can see through it.
在袋子上戳两个洞就能透过它看了。
解雇 [C]
例句：
They gave Pete the sack for punching the foreman.
由于用拳头打了工头，他们开除了彼得。
例句：
I'll get the sack if I arrive at the office late!
如果上班迟到，我就得被开除。
洗劫 [C]
例句：
The enemy troops put the city to the sack.
敌军劫掠了这个城市。
v.
装...入袋 [T]
例句：
The child sacked the toys.
孩子把玩具装进了袋。
例句：
All my books were sacked and sent to New York.
我的书都装袋子里寄到纽约去了。
解雇 [T]
例句：
It's between you and me, or I'll have to sack you.
保守秘密，否则我不得不开除你。
例句：
The company' s threat to sack anyone who went on strike was just a bluff.
公司威胁说谁罢工就解雇谁，那只不过是虚张声势罢了。
劫掠；掠夺 [T]
例句：
The soldiers of the Fourth Crusade sack Constantinople and kill many fellow Christians.
第四次十字军战士洗劫君士坦丁堡并且杀死许多天主教伙伴。
例句：
In 1527 Imperial troops sacked the French ambassador's residence in Rome.
1527年，帝国军队洗劫了位于罗马的法国大使官邸。
二、词义辨析：
bag,sack,handbag,purse
这些名词均含“袋”之意。bag普通用词，指一般的口袋，有时也指手提包。sack应用较窄，指较大的袋子，如麻袋等。handbag指手提包，尤指女人用的手提包。purse指钱包或小钱袋，在美国相当于bandbag。
三、相关短语：
hit the sack
v.就寝
sack out
v. 睡觉
sack race
n. 套袋跑(一种把两腿套入袋内的赛跑)
sad sack
n. 冒失鬼, 不中用之人, 糊涂兵
四、参考例句：
a sack of potatoes
一袋土豆
They got through a sack of potatoes.
他们把一麻袋土豆吃完了。
He got the sack for petty thieving.
他因小偷小摸遭到了解雇。
He pre-empted any decision to sack him.
他预先阻止了所有解雇他的决定。
He got the sack for laziness.
他因懒惰而被解雇。
An empty sack cannot stand upright.
[谚] 空袋子，立不直。
You can take the flour sack off.
你可以把那个面粉袋取下来。
A sack is a big bag.
袋子是一个很大的袋子。
If you are late again, the boss will sack you.
如果你再迟到，老板就会解雇你。
He tumbled his clothes and books into a big sack.
他把他的衣服和书胡乱装进一只大口袋。
