[countable] a large bag with no handles, made of strong rough material or strong paper or plastic, used for storing and carrying things in（麻布或厚纸、塑料等制作的）大袋◆The rice is sold in 20kg sacks.大米以 20 公斤大袋包装出售。 (NAmE) [countable] a strong paper bag for carrying shopping纸质购物袋◆a grocery sack杂货购物袋 [countable] the contents of a sack 一大袋东西；一满袋◆a sack of flour/potatoes一袋面粉／土豆◆(NAmE) a sack of groceries一袋杂货the sack [singular] (BrE) (informal) being told by your employer that you can no longer work for a company, etc., usually because of sth that you have done wrong解雇；开除◆She got the sack for being late every day.她因每天迟到而被开除。◆After several arguments with his boss, he was given the sack.在和老板进行了几次争论之后，他被解雇了。◆Four hundred workers face the sack.四百名工人面临被解雇。 SYN dismissal