sack
gb/sˈæk/ us/sˈæk/
A2
Inglese
~ 6200
zsák, kirúg, elbocsát, meneszt, kirúgás, feldúl, kifoszt, feldúlás, kifosztás, sack, sackel, sackbor, sherryhez hasonló erősített bor
SOSTANTIVO
A2
1
zsák
A2
Schema d'uso:
a sack of [something]
He carried a heavy sack of potatoes into the kitchen.
Egy nehéz zsák krumplit vitt be a konyhába.
The mailman dropped a large mail sack on the floor of the post office.
A postás egy nagy postazsákot tett le a posta padlójára.
They filled several garbage sacks after cleaning the yard.
She packed the rice into a cloth sack and tied it with string.
A paper sack full of groceries was sitting on the table.
Esempi per chi studia
He put the apples in a big sack.
Az almákat egy nagy zsákba tette.
The man carried a sack of rice on his back.
A férfi egy zsák rizst vitt a hátán.
We threw all the old clothes into a garbage sack.
She opened the mail sack and gave out the letters.
Errore comune:
Learners sometimes use "sack" instead of the more common word "bag" in everyday speech. In many situations, especially with small or everyday items, native speakers prefer "bag" (e.g. "shopping bag" not *"shopping sack"). "Sack" is more common for large or rough bags, or in some regional varieties such as American English "paper sack" for grocery bags.
Significato
large strong bag
Collocazioni
a sack of potatoes
|a sack of flour
|plastic sack
|paper sack
|garbage sack
|mail sack
Sinonimi
bag (More general and common; can be any size or material, while a sack is usually larger and rougher.)
|
sackful (Focuses on the amount inside the sack rather than the container itself.)
Temi
daily life
|food
|shopping
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definizione
A big, strong bag used to carry or keep things like food or trash.
A large, strong bag, often made of paper, plastic, or rough cloth, used for carrying or storing things such as food, rubbish, or mail.
VERBO
B1
INFORMAL
2
Schema d'uso:
to sack [someone] from [a job/place]
The company sacked three workers after the accident.
She was sacked for repeatedly arriving late to work.
They threatened to sack him if he missed another deadline.
The coach was sacked just two months into the season.
Management plans to sack dozens of employees in the restructuring.
Esempi per chi studia
He was sacked because he stole money.
They sacked the driver after the crash.
If you are always late, your boss may sack you.
The team sacked their coach after they lost many games.
Errore comune:
Learners sometimes confuse "sack" and "resign". "Sack" is when your employer forces you to leave your job; "resign" is when you decide to leave by yourself. Also, American English uses "fire" much more than "sack" in this sense.
Significato
dismiss someone from a job
Collocazioni
sack an employee
|sack the manager
|threaten to sack [someone]
|get sacked from your job
|sack half the staff
Sinonimi
fire (Very common, especially in American English; similar informality to "sack".)
|
dismiss (More formal and polite; often used in official or written contexts.)
Contrari
hire (Means to give someone a job, the opposite of removing them from it.)
Temi
work
|business
Definizione
To remove someone from their job so they no longer work there.
To dismiss someone from their job, especially suddenly or as a punishment.
SOSTANTIVO
B1
INFORMAL
3
kirúgás
B1
Schema d'uso:
to get the sack from [a job/place]
After several serious mistakes, he finally got the sack.
Több súlyos hiba után végül kirúgták.
Many staff are afraid of the sack if sales do not improve.
Sok alkalmazott tart a kirúgástól, ha nem javulnak az eladások.
The new coach faces the sack if the team loses again.
Rumours of the sack spread quickly around the office.
She was shocked when her boss gave her the sack without warning.
Esempi per chi studia
He got the sack after he shouted at a customer.
Kirúgták, miután rákiabált egy ügyfélre.
Some workers fear the sack because business is bad.
Néhány dolgozó fél a kirúgástól, mert rosszul megy az üzlet.
If you lie on your CV, you could get the sack.
She was very sad when she got the sack from the factory.
Errore comune:
Learners may confuse "get the sack" with "quit" or "resign". "Get the sack" means your boss tells you to leave; you do not choose it. It is also mostly used in British and other Commonwealth varieties; Americans more often say "get fired".
Significato
loss of job by dismissal
Collocazioni
get the sack
|face the sack
|threaten someone with the sack
|risk the sack
|be given the sack
Sinonimi
dismissal (More formal and often used in written or legal contexts.)
Contrari
promotion (Being moved to a better job rather than being removed from your job.)
Temi
work
|business
Definizione
When a person is made to leave their job because the employer tells them to go.
The act of dismissing someone from their job; a situation where someone is removed from their position.
VERBO
C1
4
Schema d'uso:
to sack [a city/place]
The invading army sacked the city and burned its temples.
A támadó hadsereg feldúlta a várost, és felgyújtotta a templomait.
Villages along the river were repeatedly sacked during the war.
A folyó menti falvakat a háború alatt újra meg újra feldúlták.
Rebels stormed the palace and sacked the royal apartments.
In 410 AD, the Visigoths famously sacked Rome.
The monastery was sacked and its treasures were carried away.
Esempi per chi studia
The soldiers sacked the town and took the gold.
A katonák kifosztották a várost, és elvitték az aranyat.
Many cities were sacked during the long war.
A hosszú háború alatt sok várost feldúltak.
They sacked the village and burned the houses.
The army came into the city and sacked it.
Errore comune:
Learners sometimes think "sack" here is related to bags, but this sense is about violent attack and theft. It is mostly used in historical or news contexts, not for small everyday theft.
Significato
loot and destroy a place
Collocazioni
sack a city
|sack and burn
|troops sacked the town
|invaders sacked the capital
|armies looted and sacked
Sinonimi
loot (Focuses more on stealing property; "sack" often suggests wider destruction as well.)
|
pillage (Very close in meaning; slightly more formal and frequent in historical writing.)
Contrari
protect (Means to keep a place safe instead of attacking and destroying it.)
Temi
war
|history
|crime
|politics
|law
Definizione
To attack a town or city and steal things or destroy buildings.
To attack a town, city, or building and steal or destroy property, especially as part of a military action.
SOSTANTIVO
C1
5
Schema d'uso:
the sack of [a city/place]
The sack of Rome shocked the ancient world.
Róma kifosztása megdöbbentette az ókori világot.
Few buildings survived the sack of the capital.
Kevés épület élte túl a főváros feldúlását.
Historians still debate the causes of the sack of the city.
Thousands of people fled before the sack of the port.
The sack of the town marked the end of the old kingdom.
Esempi per chi studia
Many people died in the sack of the city.
A város feldúlásakor sokan meghaltak.
The sack of Rome is an important event in history.
Róma kifosztása fontos történelmi esemény.
After the sack of the town, nothing was left.
They wrote about the sack of the capital in the book.
Errore comune:
Learners may misunderstand "the sack of X" as an everyday phrase about bags. In history or war writing, it almost always refers to looting and destruction of a place.
Significato
violent looting of a place
Collocazioni
the sack of Rome
|the sack of the city
|survive the sack
|stories about the sack
|aftermath of the sack
Sinonimi
pillage (Often used in similar historical contexts; can be either a noun or a verb.)
Contrari
defence (Protecting a place from attack, instead of letting it be looted and destroyed.)
Temi
war
|history
|politics
|law
Definizione
A time when an army or group enters a town or city, steals many things, and destroys buildings.
The violent looting and often destruction of a town, city, or building, especially during war.
SOSTANTIVO
B2
TECHNICAL
6
sack
C2
Schema d'uso:
to record a sack against [a quarterback/team]
The defensive end had three sacks in the first half.
A szélső védőfalember az első félidőben három sacket szerzett.
Taking that sack pushed the team out of field-goal range.
Az elszenvedett sack miatt a csapat már túl messze került egy mezőnygól-kísérlethez.
He broke the league's single-season sack record last year.
The blitz resulted in an easy sack on the rookie quarterback.
A late sack ended the opponent's final drive.
Esempi per chi studia
The defender made a big sack on the quarterback.
A védő fontos sacket mutatott be az irányítón.
He led the team in sacks last season.
Az előző szezonban ő vezette a csapatot sackekben.
That sack lost them ten yards.
The game changed after a huge sack in the last minute.
Errore comune:
Learners may confuse a general "tackle" with a "sack". A sack is only when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before throwing a forward pass; tackles on other players are not called sacks.
Significato
tackling quarterback behind line
Collocazioni
record a sack
|take a sack
|get a sack
|strip sack
|career sack record
|coverage sack
Sinonimi
tackle (General term for bringing a player to the ground; a sack is a specific kind of tackle on the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.)
Contrari
completion (A successful forward pass, which is what the quarterback tries to do instead of being tackled.)
Temi
sports
Definizione
In American football, a play when players knock down the quarterback behind the starting line before he can pass the ball.
In American football, a play in which the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass.
VERBO
B2
TECHNICAL
7
sackel
C2
Schema d'uso:
to sack [the quarterback/someone] for [a number] yards
The defensive tackle sacked the quarterback for a loss of eight yards.
A belső védőfalember sackelte az irányítót, ami nyolc yardos veszteséget jelentett.
They sacked him five times in the second half alone.
Csak a második félidőben ötször sackelték.
If we can't sack the quarterback, he'll pick our defense apart.
Blitzing linebackers repeatedly sacked the rookie passer.
He was sacked from behind and fumbled the ball.
Esempi per chi studia
The defender sacked the quarterback for ten yards.
A védő tíz yardos veszteséget okozva sackelte az irányítót.
They sacked him three times in the game.
A meccsen háromszor sackelték.
If you do not block well, your quarterback will get sacked.
Our team could not sack their quarterback even once.
Errore comune:
Learners may use "sack" for any tackle, but it is only used for tackling the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage on a pass play.
Significato
tackle the quarterback for a loss
Collocazioni
sack the quarterback
|sack him for a loss
|sack the passer
|sack the QB
|get sacked in the backfield
Sinonimi
tackle (General word for stopping a player by bringing them down; "sack" refers specifically to tackling the quarterback behind the line on a pass play.)
Contrari
protect (Offensive linemen try to protect the quarterback so he does not get sacked.)
Temi
sports
Definizione
In American football, to knock the quarterback down behind the starting line before he can pass the ball.
In American football, to tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass.
SOSTANTIVO
C2
ARCHAIC
8
The characters in Shakespeare's plays often drink sack.
Shakespeare darabjaiban a szereplők gyakran isznak sackbort.
He ordered a cup of sack at the old-style tavern.
Egy kupa sackbort rendelt a régies fogadóban.
In the seventeenth century, sack was a fashionable drink in England.
Esempi per chi studia
People in old stories sometimes drink sack.
Régi történetekben az emberek néha sackbort isznak.
Sack is an old word for a wine like sherry.
A „sack” régi elnevezés egy sherryhez hasonló borra.
You see the word sack in some very old English books.
Errore comune:
Learners may think this meaning is common today, but it is mostly found in historical texts or literature and is not used in modern everyday English.
Significato
old word for fortified wine
Collocazioni
a cup of sack
|sherris sack
|drink sack
|canary sack
Sinonimi
sherry (Modern fortified wine that is closest in style to what was once called sack.)
Temi
food
|history
|food_drink
Definizione
An old word for a strong, pale wine like sherry.
An old term for a pale fortified wine, similar to modern sherry, formerly produced in Spain or the Canary Islands.
Grammatica
Forma base
sack
IPA
GB/sˈæk/
US/sˈæk/
Sillabe e accento
sack (1 sillaba)
Stress on 1st syllable (sack)
Forme flesse
Noun
- Base: sack
- Plural: sack, sacks
Verb
- Base: sack
- 3rd Person Singular: sacks
- Present Participle: sacking
- Past: sacked
Famiglia di parole
Forms
sacks
noun
sacking
verb
sacked
verb
Related words
sackful
noun
Advanced or less common
sackable
adjective
sackcloth
noun
Espressioni
get the sack
1/ɡˈɛt ðə sˈæk/
idiom
informal
be dismissed from your job
To lose your job because your boss tells you to leave.
Esempi
- He got the sack after only three months at the company.
- If sales don't improve soon, a lot of people could get the sack.
- She was afraid of getting the sack if she made another mistake.
give someone the sack
1/ɡˈɪv sˈʌmwˌʌn ðə sˈæk/
idiom
informal
dismiss someone from their job
To tell someone they must leave their job and cannot work there anymore.
Esempi
- They gave him the sack after he was caught stealing.
- The club gave their coach the sack following a series of defeats.
- If you keep arriving late, they'll give you the sack.
in the sack
1/ˈɪn ðə sˈæk/
idiom
slang
in bed sexually
In bed, especially when talking about someone as a sexual partner.
Esempi
- People say he's amazing in the sack.
- She joked that he was hopeless in the sack.
- They gossip about who is good or bad in the sack.
sack lunch
1/sˈæk lˈʌnt͡ʃ/
fixed phrase
packed lunch in a paper bag
A simple meal that you bring from home, usually in a paper bag, to eat at school, work, or on a trip.
Esempi
- The students brought sack lunches for the field trip.
- You can save money by taking a sack lunch to work.
- We ate our sack lunches in the park.
sack off
1/sˈæk ˈɔf/
phrasal verb
informal
skip or ignore something
To decide not to do something, or to stop seeing someone, because you do not think it is important or do not want to make the effort.
Esempi
- We sacked off the meeting and went for a coffee instead.
- He sacked off his revision and played games all evening.
- She decided to sack off her old friends and start again at university.
sack out
1/sˈæk ˈaʊt/
phrasal verb
informal
fall asleep or go to sleep
To go to sleep, often quickly or in a place that is not a bed.
Esempi
- He sacked out on the sofa before the movie even started.
- We were so exhausted that we just sacked out on the floor.
- The kids sacked out in the back seat during the long drive.
sack up
1/sˈæk ˈʌp/
phrasal verb
slang
be brave and face something
To decide to be brave and deal with something difficult or scary instead of avoiding it.
Esempi
- You just need to sack up and ask for the raise.
- He finally sacked up and told them the truth.
- It's time to sack up and take responsibility for your mistake.
hit the sack
3/hˈɪt ðə sˈæk/
idiom
informal
Go to bed to sleep
To go to bed to sleep.
Esempi
- I'm tired—time to hit the sack.
- I'm really tired, so I'm going to hit the sack.
- She usually hits the sack around 10 p.m.
- We have to get up early tomorrow; let's hit the sack.
- After the long flight, she just wanted to hit the sack.