sack 1 S3 / sæk / 名词 [可数名词]

1

a) a large bag made of strong rough cloth or strong paper, used for storing or carrying flour, coal, vegetables etc

sack of

a sack of potatoes

b) ( also sackful ) the amount that a sack can contain

sack of

We need about a sack of rice.

2 the sack British English informal when someone is dismissed from their job :

They’ve never actually given anyone the sack .

He got the sack for stealing.

She claimed she’d been threatened with the sack.

3 hit the sack old-fashioned informal to go to bed :

It’s one o’clock – time to hit the sack.

4 in the sack informal in bed – used to talk about sexual activity :

I bet she’s great in the sack.

5 the sack of something formal a situation in which an army goes through a place, destroying or stealing things and attacking people :

the sack of Rome in 1527