rack-rent

基本解释

• v. 对（地产、土地等）征收苛酷的租金
• n. 高额租金（每年租金几乎等于该地产的价值）

同根派生

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• In the past peasants had to pay high rent for farming land.
  过去农民们要缴纳高额的地租。

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• a high rent that annually equals or nearly equals the value of the property upon which it is charged
• to charge an extortionate rent for (property, land, etc)