2012_03_23 Ruck n 起皺, 平凡或低劣的人或事物的質量

Word of the Day for Friday, March 23, 2012
ruck \ruhk\, noun:
1. A large number or quantity; mass.
2. The great mass of undistinguished or inferior persons or things.
Innis steered Jessica through a ruck of large, bearded men in dungarees and greasy sweaters who looked at her like she might be the floor show.
 -- Paul Bryers, The Prayer of the Bone
A ruck of charts, clipboards, cuttlefish-flavored peanut snacks, containers of the barley water and orange pop the enlisted brought on watch, binoculars, and struggling men stirred at the base of the cliff.
 -- David Poyer, Korea Strait
The ruck of the men were lower down than our two heroes, and there were others far away to the left, and others, again, who had been at the end of the gorse, and were now behind.
 -- Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn
Ruck comes from an early Icelandic word ruka or ruke which meant "a heap or a stack."
起皺\ ruhk\，名詞：

1。一個大數目或數量;質量。
2。平凡或低劣的人或事物的質量。

英尼斯渡過一個大鬍子的男人，工作服和油膩的毛衣看著她，像她可能是地板展起皺傑西卡。
保羅 - Bryers，骨的祈禱

一個起皺的圖表，剪貼板，墨魚味花生小吃，薏米水的容器和橙色彈出入伍手錶，望遠鏡，和掙扎在懸崖的基礎上激起男性帶來。
- 大衛Poyer，朝鮮海峽

男子起皺低於我們的兩位英雄，還有其他很遠的左側，和其他人，又曾在金雀花結束，現在落後。
- 特羅洛普，菲尼亞斯芬蘭人

RUCK來從早期冰島字RUKA或ruke這意味著“堆或棧”。