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break

[breik]

n.

休息, 暫停, 破裂, 突變

v.

打破, 違犯, 折斷, 削弱, 超過, 突變

美國傳統詞典[雙解]


break

break

AHD:[br3k]

D.J.[breik]

K.K.[brek]

v.(動詞)

broke[br?k] bro.ken[br?「k…n] break.ingbreaks

v.tr.(及物動詞)

(1)To cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently; smash.

打破,擊碎:使突然或猛烈地分裂成碎片;使碎裂

(2)To divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting:

掰碎,砍碎:把…分成碎片,如通過折斷或切開:

break crackers for a baby.

替一個嬰兒把餅乾掰碎

(3)To snap off or detach:

折斷,分開:使…喀嚓一聲折斷:使脫離:

broke a twig from the tree.

從樹上折斷一根小樹枝

(4)To fracture a bone of:

折斷…的骨頭:

I broke my leg.

我摔斷了腿

(5)To fracture (a bone):

折斷(一根骨頭):

I broke my femur.

我摔斷大腿骨

(6)To crack without separating into pieces.

損壞但不裂成碎片

(7)To destroy the completeness of (a group of related items):

分離,拆散:破壞(一組有關聯物體的)完整:

broke the set of books by giving some away.

把一套書拆散,取其中數本送人

(8)To exchange for smaller monetary units:

兌開大額鈔票:

break a dollar.

兌開一美元

(9)To vary or disrupt the uniformity or continuity of:

中斷,停止:改變或中斷…的單一性或連續性:

a plain that was broken by low hills; caught the ball without breaking stride.

一片被低矮的山丘阻隔的平原;沒有改變步伐就接到球

(10)Electricity To open:

【電學】 中斷,停止:

break a circuit.

中斷電路

(11)To force or make a way through; puncture or penetrate:

刺穿,貫穿:強行衝破,開闢道路;刺:

The blade barely broke the skin.

那把刀刃僅僅刺破皮膚

(12)To part or pierce the surface of:

分開,穿過:分開或刺破…表面:

a dolphin breaking water.

一頭躍出水面的海豚

(13)To cause to burst.

使…爆裂

(14)To force one's way out of; escape from:

掙脫,脫逃:強行越出:從…逃離:

break jail.

越獄

(15)To find an opening or flaw in:

在…中找出破綻:

They couldn't break my alibi.

他們不能證明我案發時不在現場的辯解不實

(16)To find the solution or key to; uncover the basic elements and arrangement of:

破解,解決:找到…的解決辦法或答案;揭開…的基本成分或暴露…的排列方式:

break a code; break a spy ring.

破譯密碼;破壞間諜網

(17)To make known, as news:

洩露,透露:告知,如消息:

break a story.

透露一則新聞

(18)To surpass or outdo:

超過,勝過:

broke the league's home-run record.

打破聯盟的本壘打紀錄

(19)To overcome (a force or resistance):

克服(武力或抗拒):

break the sound barrier.

克服音速障礙

(20)To put an end to by force or strong opposition, especially to end (a strike) by means other than negotiation.

終止,結束:動用武力或通過激烈的反對使…結束,尤指通過談判以外的方式結束(罷工)

(21)To lessen in force or effect:

減少,變小:在力量或效果方面減弱:

break a fall.

使瀑布水量變少

(22)To render useless or inoperative:

使…無用,損壞:

We accidentally broke the radio.

我們不小心弄壞了收音機

(23)To weaken or destroy, as in spirit or health; overwhelm with adversity:

使虛弱,使絕望,使困窘:使虛弱或損壞,如在精神,健康方面:通過逆境、厄運來制服:

「For a hero loves the world till it breaks him」(William Butler Yeats)

「因為英雄深愛世人,直到世人令他絕望」(威廉·巴特勒·耶茨)

(24)To cause the ruin or failure of (an enterprise, for example):

破產,失敗:使(例如一家企業)垮台,失敗:

Indiscretion broke both marriage and career.

魯莽輕率使他的婚姻和事業都失敗了

(25)To reduce in rank; demote.

使降職,使…降級

(26)To cause to be without money or go into bankruptcy.

使破產

(27)To fail to fulfill; cancel:

不能履行:取消:

break an engagement; break one's vacation plans.

解除婚約;取消假期計劃

(28)To fail to conform to; violate:

不服從;破壞:

break the speed limit.

超速

(29)Law To invalidate (a will) by judicial action.

【法律】 通過法律手續使(遺囑)無效

(30)To give up (a habit).

放棄(習慣)

(31)To cause to give up a habit:

使放棄習慣:馴服:

They managed to break themselves of smoking.

他們設法戒了煙

(32)To train to obey; tame:

訓練使服從;馴服:

The horse was difficult to break.

那匹馬很難被制服

v.intr.(不及物動詞)

(1)To become separated into pieces or fragments.

分裂成碎片

(2)To become cracked or split.

破裂,分裂

(3)To become unusable or inoperative:

無用,無效,故障:

The television broke.

電視機壞了

(4)To give way; collapse.

屈服;崩潰

(5)To burst:

破裂了:

The blister has finally broken.

水皰終於破了

(6)To become punctured or penetrated.

刺穿,貫穿

(7)To intrude on:

闖入,侵入:

They broke in upon a heady conversation.

他們打斷了一場熱烈的談話

(8)To filter in or penetrate:

滲進,刺進:

Sunlight broke into the room.

陽光射進房間

(9)To become fractured.

折斷了

(10)To scatter or disperse; part:

分散;分開:

The clouds broke after the storm.

暴風雨過後,雲層分開了

(11)Games To make the opening shot that scatters the grouped balls in billiards or pool.

【遊戲】 開球:打檯球時開球破局

(12)Sports To separate from a clinch in boxing.

【體育運動】 拳擊時,雙方抱持後拆散

(13)To move away or escape suddenly.

突然離開,逃走

(14)To come forth or begin from a state of latency; come into being or emerge:

出現,顯現:從隱伏的狀態中顯露出來,形成,出現:

A storm was breaking over Miami. Crocuses broke from the soil.

邁阿密上空暴風雨大作。藏紅花破土而出

(15)To emerge above the surface of water.

冒出水面

(16)To become known or noticed:

為人所知:

The big story broke on Friday.

這個重要新聞在星期五傳開了

(17)To change direction suddenly.

突然改變方向

(18)Baseball To curve near or over the plate:

【棒球】 使曲線飛行:從本壘板附近或上面呈曲線飛行:

The pitch broke away from the batter.

投出的球偏離了擊球員

(19)To change suddenly from one tone quality or musical register to another:

變化音調:突然改變音質或聲區:

My voice broke to a whisper.

我的聲音變成了喁喁細語

(20)Linguistics To undergo breaking.

【語言學】 發生割裂

(21)To change to a gait different from the one set. Used of a horse.

指馬突然改變步態

(22)To interrupt or cease an activity:

中斷,停止:中斷或停止一項活動:

We'll break for coffee at ten.

我們會在10點鐘休息一下,喝點咖啡

(23)To discontinue an association, an agreement, or a relationship:

打斷,中止:中止交往、協議、聯繫:

The partners broke over a financial matter. One hates to break with an old friend.

合夥人在財政問題上分裂了。人們不願意和老朋友斷絕關係

(24)To diminish or discontinue abruptly:

突然減弱,突然中斷:

The fever is breaking.

一下子就退燒了

(25)To diminish in or lose physical or spiritual strength; weaken or succumb:

衰弱,絕望:在精神或健康方面垮掉;變弱:

Their good cheer broke after repeated setbacks.

他們的熱誠在接二連三的挫折之後消失殆盡

(26)To decrease sharply in value or quantity:

銳減:在價值或數量方面銳減:

Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs.

當公司突然宣佈裁員時,股票價格便大跌

(27)To come to an end:

結束:

The cold spell broke yesterday.

寒流昨天就結束了

(28)To collapse or crash into surf or spray:

碎開,散開:迸濺成碎浪或水花:

waves that were breaking along the shore.

沿著海岸迸濺的波浪

(29)Informal To take place or happen; proceed:

【非正式用語】 發生;發展:

Things have been breaking well for them.

他們的事情進展很順利

(30)To break dance.

跳霹靂舞

n.(名詞)

(1)The act or an occurrence of breaking.

破裂,折斷

(2)The result of breaking, as a crack or separation.

破裂處:如裂縫,裂口

(3)A beginning or an opening:

開始,敞開:

the break of day; a break in the clouds.

天破曉了;雲層的空隙

(4)A sudden movement; a dash:

急衝,猛跑:

The dog made a break toward the open field.

狗向田野衝去

(5)An escape:

逃跑:

a prison break.

越獄

(6)An interruption or a disruption in continuity or regularity:

中斷,打斷:指連續性和常規性的打斷:

television programming without commercial breaks.

沒有插商業廣告的電視節目

(7)A pause or an interval, as from work:

暫停,休息:工作時的間歇:

a coffee break.

喝咖啡的間歇

(8)A sudden or marked change.

突變

(9)A violation:

破壞:

a security break.

破壞安全

(10)An often sudden piece of luck, especially good luck:

好運:突然來到的運氣,尤指好運:

finally got the big break in life.

一生中最後走了好運

(11)Informal

【非正式用語】

(12)An allowance or indulgence; accommodating treatment:

津貼:津貼;予人方便的待遇:

The boss gave me a break because I'd been sick.

因為生病,老闆給了我方便

(13)A favorable price or reduction:

優惠的價格,打折:

a tax break for charitable contributions.

為慈善贈品提供的優惠稅額

(14)A severing of ties:

斷絕聯繫:

made a break with the past; a break between the two families.

不再受往事的羈絆;兩個家庭關係的斷絕

(15)Informal A faux pas.

【非正式用語】 失禮:指在社交上有失檢點的行為、話語

(16)A sudden decline in prices.

價格暴跌

(17)A caesura.

韻腳中斷

(18)Printing

【印刷術】

(19)The space between two paragraphs.

斷紙:段落之間的空白處

(20)A series of three dots ( . . . ) used to indicate an omission in a text.

省略號:三個點(…),用來表示文本的省略

(21)The place where a word is or should be divided at the end of a line.

行尾的單詞移行處

(22)Electricity Interruption of a flow of current.

【電學】 電流的斷路

(23)Geology A marked change in topography such as a fault or deep valley.

【地質學】 斷層:地形上的顯著變化,如斷層,深谷

(24)Nautical The point of discontinuity between two levels on the deck of a ship.

【航海】 間斷面:船甲板的兩層之間的中斷點

(25)Music

【音樂】

(26)The point at which one register or a tonal quality changes to another.

換音點,改調點

(27)The change itself.

換音,改調

(28)A solo jazz cadenza played during the pause between the regular phrases or choruses of a melody.

獨奏華彩段:在正常的樂句間或樂曲的合唱部分間的暫停時刻表演的爵士樂獨奏華彩段

(29)A change in a horse's gait to one different from that set by the rider.

馬的步態改變:指馬改變騎手制定的步態

(30)Sports The swerving of a ball from a straight path of flight, as in baseball or cricket.

【體育運動】 曲線飛行:棒球或板球運動中球的曲線飛行

(31)Sports The beginning of a race.

【體育運動】 起跑

(32)Sports The separation after a clinch in boxing.

【體育運動】 拳擊中扭抱後分開

(33)Games The opening shot that scatters the grouped balls in billiards or pool.

【遊戲】 開球破局:打檯球時第一桿把聚在一起的球打散

(34)Games A run or unbroken series of successful shots, as in billiards or croquet.

【遊戲】 連續得分:打檯球或槌球時一次連續得分

(35)Sports Games Failure to score a strike or a spare in a given bowling frame.

【體育運動】 【遊戲】 滾球的失誤

(36)Also brake A high horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.

也作 brake 四輪馬車

(37)Break dancing.

霹靂舞

常用詞組


break down

(1)To cause to collapse; destroy:

使崩潰;毀壞:

break down a partition; broke down our resolve.

搗毀一堵隔牆;喪失了我們的決心

(2)To become or cause to become distressed or upset.

變得或使痛苦,煩躁

(3)To have a physical or mental collapse.

使健康、精神崩潰

(4)To give up resistance; give way:

放棄抵抗;屈服:

broke down and bought a new car; prejudices that break down slowly.

不再堅持,買了一輛新的小轎車;慢慢放棄了的偏見

(5)To fail to function; cease to be useful, effective, or operable:

失效;沒用了:

The elevator broke down.

電梯出毛病了

(6)To render or become weak or ineffective:

使…變弱,變得無效:

Opposition to the king's rule gradually broke down his authority.

對國王統治的反抗逐漸削弱了他的權威

(7)To divide into or consider in parts; analyze.

給…分類;分析

(8)To be divisible; admit of analysis:

成為可分的;可進行分析:

The population breaks down into three main groups.

人口可分成三個主要的群族

(9)To decompose or cause to decompose chemically.

從化學上分解,使從化學上分解

(10)Electricity To undergo a breakdown.

【電學】 擊穿

break in

(1)To train or adapt for a purpose.

馴服,習慣於:為一目的而訓練或使…適應

(2)To loosen or soften with use:

用慣,穿慣:通過使用使…鬆軟:

break in new shoes.

把一雙新鞋穿得合腳

(3)To enter premises forcibly or illegally:

強行進入,非法進入:

a prowler who was trying to break in.

企圖非法闖入的小偷

(4)To interrupt a conversation or discussion.

打斷談話,打斷討論

(5)To intrude.

闖入

break into

(1)To interrupt:

打斷:

「No one would have dared to break into his abstraction」(Alan Paton)

「沒有人膽敢打斷他的臆想」(艾倫·佩頓)

(2)To begin suddenly:

突然開始:

The horse broke into a wild gallop. The child broke into a flood of tears.

那匹馬開始狂奔。那個孩子突然放聲大哭

(3)To enter (a field of activity):

進入(一個活動領域):

broke into broadcast journalism at an early age.

早年就進入了廣播新聞界

break off

(1)To separate or become separated, as by twisting or tearing.

扯斷,斷裂:通過扭曲,撕扯分開

(2)To stop suddenly, as in speaking.

說話時突然打住

(3)To discontinue (a relationship).

斷絕(關係)

(4)To cease to be friendly.

不再友好,絕交

break out

(1)To become affected with a skin eruption, such as pimples.

出皮疹:被皮疹感染,如丘疹

(2)To develop suddenly and forcefully:

猛地爆發:

Fighting broke out in the prison cells.

牢房裡發生鬥毆

(3)To ready for action or use:

把…準備好供使用:

Break out the rifles!

準備好來福槍!

(4)To bring forth for consumption:

拿出…供消費:

Let's break out the champagne.

我們開一瓶香檳吧

(5)To emerge or escape.

出現或逃走

(6)To be separable or classifiable into categories, as data.

可分開歸入各種類別,如數據

(7)To isolate (information) from a large body of data.

分隔:從大量數據中把(信息)離析出來

break through

To make a sudden, quick advance, as through obstruction or opposition.

突破,穿過:衝破障礙突然、迅速地前進

break up

(1)To separate into pieces; divide:

把…分裂成碎片;分開:

break up a chocolate bar.

把一塊長條巧克力弄碎

(2)To interrupt the uniformity or continuity of:

打破…的統一性或連貫性:

An impromptu visit broke up the long afternoon.

突然的造訪打破了漫長的午後時光

(3)To scatter; disperse:

分散:

The crowd broke up after the game.

比賽結束後人群四面散開

(4)To bring or come to an end:

使…結束;結束:

Guards broke up the fight. The marriage broke up.

警衛們結束了這場打鬥。婚姻破裂了

(5)Informal To burst or cause to burst into laughter.

【非正式用語】 爆發出大笑,使…爆發出大笑

習慣用語


break a leg

Used to wish someone, such as an actor, success in a performance.

用來祝願某人(如演員)演出成功

break bread

To eat together.

一道用餐

break camp

To pack up equipment and leave a campsite.

打好背包,離開露營地

break cover

To emerge from a protected location or hiding place:

離開隱蔽處:從安全的地方或隱蔽的地方露出:

The platoon broke cover and headed down the road.

一群人從暗處走出來,沿著大路前進

break even

To gain an amount equal to that invested, as in a commercial venture.

收支相抵:獲得與投資相等的利潤,如在商業冒險中

break new ground

To advance beyond previous achievements:

更好成績:在以前取得的成績上更進一步:

a company that broke new ground in the field of computers.

在計算機領域取得新進展的公司

break (one's) neck

To make the utmost possible effort.

竭盡全力:盡最大可能的努力

break rank或

break ranks

(1)To fall into disorder, as a formation of soldiers.

秩序混亂,如士兵的隊列

(2)To fail to conform to a prevailing or expected pattern or order:

不符合,不相稱:不符合盛行的或所期望的模式或秩序:

「Architectural experts have criticized the plaza in the past because it breaks rank with the distinctive fa?ades of neighboring Fifth Avenue blocks, whose buildings are flush with the sidewalk」(Sharon Churcher)

「建築專家們過去一直批評那個廣場,因為它與鄰近的第五大街街區別具一格的建築物正面不相稱。這個街區的建築物與人行道齊平」(沙倫·丘徹)

break (someone's) heart

To disappoint or dispirit severely.

極為失望或沮喪

break (someone's) service【體育運動】

To win a game, as in tennis, served by one's opponent.

網球中接發球得分

break the ice

(1)To make a start.

開始

(2)To relax a tense or unduly formal atmosphere or social situation.

打破僵局:緩和緊張或過分正式的氣氛、場合

break wind

To expel intestinal gas.

放屁

語源


(1)Middle English breken

中古英語 breken

(2)from Old English brecan * see bhreg-

源自 古英語 brecan *參見 bhreg-

參考詞彙


(1)breakcrackfractureburstsplitsplintershattershiversmash

(2)These verbs are compared as they mean to separate or cause to separate into parts or pieces.

這些動詞在表示使分裂成碎片時可以進行比較。

(3) Break is the most general and like the other members of the set implies either the sudden application of force or the build-up of internal stress:

Break 最普通,正如這組動詞中其它詞一樣,含有突然用力或內部壓力的聚積的意思:

a window broken by vandals;

被故意打碎的一扇窗;

broke her leg;

她折斷了腿;

a delicate chair that will break under a great weight. To

一張會在重壓下破碎的精緻椅子。

(4)crack is to break, often with a sharp snapping sound, without dividing into parts:

crack 是使破裂,常帶有啪的一聲,並不裂成碎片:

I cracked the platter when I knocked it against the table.

我把盤子撞到桌子,它被碰裂了。

The foundation of the house cracked during the earthquake.

地震時那幢房子的地基裂開了。

The soil cracked from the drought.

土壤乾裂了。

(5)Fracture applies to a break or crack in a rigid body:

Fracture 用於指堅硬軀殼的折斷、裂損:

fractured her skull in the accident;

在事故中她的頭蓋骨破裂了;

a vertebra that fractured in the fall.

摔斷了的脊椎骨。

(6)Burst implies a sudden coming apart, especially from internal pressure, and the dispersion of contents:

Burst 含有突然分開的意思,尤指由於內部壓力,各自分散開:

The child burst the balloon with a pin.

那個孩子用別針把氣球戳破了。

Her appendix burst.

她的闌尾破了。

(7)Split refers to a division into sections longitudinally or along the direction of the grain:

Split 指豎向或順著紋理分裂成幾個部分:

split the log with an ax;

用斧子劈開木頭;

frost that caused the rock to split.

使岩石裂開的冰凍。

(8)Splinter implies splitting into long, thin, sharp pieces:

Splinter 指裂成又長又細尖銳碎片:

The tree was struck by lightning and splintered.

那棵樹被閃電劈裂了。

Repeated blows splintered the door. To

不斷的敲擊把門都打裂了。

(9)shatter is to break into many loose scattered pieces:

shatter 指碎成許多鬆散的小片:

The bottle will shatter if you drop it.

如果你把瓶子掉到地上,它就會裂成小碎片。

An exploding gas main shattered the tiles in the courtyard.

爆炸的煤氣主要管線把院子裡的瓦片都震碎了。

(10)Shiver is a term rarely encountered outside literary contexts; like shatter, it indicates sudden force that causes fragmentation:

Shiver 很少用於文學作品之外;正如shatter, 表示使成為碎片的突發力量:

「Every statue was hurled from its niche . . . every painted window [was] shivered to atoms」 (John Lothrop Motley).

「每一尊雕像都從壁龕上被推了下來…每一扇彩畫的窗戶 震得粉碎」 (約翰·洛斯羅普·莫特利)。

「The panels shivering in, like potsherds」 (Thomas Carlyle).

「窗格震碎了,像陶器的碎片」 (湯姆斯·卡萊爾)。

(11)Smash stresses force of blow or impact and suggests complete destruction:

Smash 強調打擊的力量,指完全的摧毀:

My glasses slipped from my hand and smashed on the floor.

我的眼鏡從手中滑下去,在地板上摔得粉碎。

The boat was smashed on the rocks. See also Synonyms at demote, opportunity

那艘船在岩石上摔得粉碎 參見同義詞 demoteopportunity

現代英漢詞典


break

[breIk]

vt., vi.

broke, broken, breaking

(1)打破;碰破;折斷;打碎

The stone broke the window.

石頭打壞了窗子。

The cup broke on the floor.

杯子摔碎在地板上了。

You'll break your neck if you aren't more careful! (喻)

你如果不加倍小心,你會摔死的!

(2)分裂;裂開

The newly-published chronicle breaks down into eight major parts.

這部新出版的編年史分成八大部分。

(3)毀壞;弄壞;損壞

He broke his wristwatch.

他把他的手錶弄壞了。

(4)(突然用力)變成;成為

The prisoner broke loose.

犯人脫逃了。

(5)擦破

to break the skin

擦破皮膚

(6)違背;違犯;不遵守

to break the law

犯法

He always breaks faith with his clients.

他對顧客總是不守信用。

It took all the members of the section the whole day to break the back of the job.

全組人員幹了一整天才把工作的最主要部分完成了。

If smeone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group.

如果有人違反了制度,就把問題提交給全體成員解決。

(7)闖

He broke into the shop

他闖入商店。

(8)馴服;制服

to break a horse

馴服一匹馬

(9)超過;超越

to break a record in sports

打破運動記錄

(10)洩露;發佈;透露

to break the news

發佈消息

(11)中斷

Let's break for a meal.

讓我們休息一下去吃飯吧。

(12)結束;停止

to break the silence

打破沉寂

(13)突然發生,突然出現

as day breaks

拂曉時

Day breaks.; Day dawns.

天亮了。

(14)衰退;減弱

His health broke.

他的健康衰退。

(15)突變

His voice broke when he was 15.

他15歲時嗓音突然變了。

(16)破譯(密碼)

She broke their code.

她破譯了他們的密碼。

習慣用語


break the back of

完成主要的或最艱難的部分

It took all the members of the section the whole day to break the back of the job.

全組人員幹了一整天才把工作的最主要部分完成了。

break camp

拔營

break cover

跳出躲藏處

break the ice

打破冷場

break new ground

有新發現

The scheme says nothing new; it doesn't break new ground.

這個方案沒有新意,它沒有提出新的見解。

break step

步伐紊亂

break wind

放屁

詞性變化


break

n.

(1)破;破裂;破隙

a break in the clouds

雲朵間的一線青天

(2)暫停;休息

a coffee break

飲咖啡的小憩

Let's have a break.

讓我們休息一會兒。

After a short break the play continued.

休息片刻後,戲繼續開演。

We've been doing experiments 24 hours without a break.

我們的實驗已連續不斷地進行了二十四小時。

(3)突變

a break from the past

一反過去的做法

A break anywhere in the circuit may cause the lights in the neighbourhood to go out.

電路上任一處斷路,都會使這一帶的電燈熄滅。

The cold weather broke at the beginning of April.

寒冷的天氣到四月初開始變暖了。

(4)破曉

at day-break

破曉時

(5)〈檯球〉連續擊球得分

(6)〈網球〉接發球得分

(7)機會;運氣

Give him a break.

給他一次機會。

常用詞組


break away

(1)逃走;逃脫

The robbery suspect broke away from the lockup.

搶劫嫌疑犯從拘留所逃脫了。

Modern music like jazz has broken away from the old traditional rules. (喻)

現代音樂如爵士樂擺脫了舊的傳統規則。

(2)斷裂;開裂

A large piece of ice broke away from the main block.

一大塊冰從整個大冰塊上斷裂開來。

break down

(1)破壞;拆散

The Congressmen of the Republican tried to break down the opposition from their opponents to their proposal. (喻)

共和黨的議員們試圖使他們的反對派不再反對他們的提案。

Chemicals in the body break our food down into useful substances.

人體中的化學元素把食物分解成有用的物質。

break down old conventions

打破舊框框

The robbers broke the door down.

強盜們把門砸開了。

The peace talks are said to have broken down. (喻)

據說和談破裂了。

(2)制服;被制服

(3)(機器)損壞

Our truck broke down outside town.

我們的卡車在城外拋錨了。

The car broke down halfway to the destination.

汽車在到達目的地的中途拋錨了。

The car broke down halfway to the camp.

車子在去營地的半路上拋錨了。

The 8 o'clock train broke down at Ferngreen station and was taken off the line.'

8點鐘的那趟車因在芬格林車站出了故障而被取消了。

(4)失敗;破裂

Their opposition broke down.

他們的反對意見打消了。

(5)精神崩潰;失去控制

He broke down and wept.

他不禁失聲痛哭。

(6)起化學變化

Food is broken down by chemicals.

化學物質引起食物轉化。

(7)細分;分類

break even

不賺不賠;收支平衡

break in

(1)闖入;強行進入

The burglar broke in and stole my money.

夜竊賊破門而入,偷了我的錢。

(2)打斷;插嘴

It's her usual habit to break in with some ideas of her own.

他常常打斷別人的話來發表自己的觀點。

Don't break in when the adventurer is telling his own story.

冒險家講他自己的經歷時,別打斷他。

Children shouldn't break in on adults' conversation.

小孩子不要打斷大人們的談話。

The telephone ring broke in on/upon my thoughts.

電話鈴聲打斷了我的思路。

(3)訓練;馴養;使(某人)熟悉工作

The engineering doctor from abroad only broke in with us last month.

從國外回來的工程博士是上個月才開始和我們一道工作的。

break into

(1)闖入

The thieves broke into the office and stole some money.

小偷闖入辦公室,偷了一些錢。

The bandits broke into the jewelry and stole near all the valuable necklaces.

土匪們闖進了珠寶店盜走了幾乎所有值錢的項鏈。

(2)打斷;插話

(3)突然…起來

to break into song

突然唱起歌來

The crowd broke into cheers and the drunk bowed.

觀眾們爆發出一陣歡呼,醉漢鞠了一躬。

The car windows broke into pieces when the two cars crashed into each other.

兩輛車相撞時車上的窗玻璃破裂成碎片。

The new waitress dropped the dish on the floor, and it broke into fragments.

新來的女服務員把菜盤子掉在地上,摔成了碎片。

(4)勉強動用

to break into one's savings

勉強動用存款

break of

除去(某人的)習性

They broke him of his addiction.

他們除去他吸毒的癮。

Doctors keep trying to break him of smoking the drug.

醫生多次設法使他戒毒。

break out

(1)逃脫;逃出

to break out of prison

越獄而逃

(2)突然發生

Fire broke out in the kitchen.

廚房突然發生了火災。

It was almost midnight that a fire broke out in the neighbourhood.

昨天快半夜了這兒附近發生了火災。

World War II broke out in 1939.

第二次世界大戰是1939年爆發的。

His back broke out in spots.

他背上出現了許多斑點。

She broke out in curses in her dream.

她在夢中大聲咒罵起來。

The fire broke out in the basement.

地下室著了火。

Hostilities have broken out between the two countries.

兩國之間爆發了戰爭。

break through

突破

After the storm the sun broke through the clouds.

風暴過後太陽衝破了雲層。

At last, those physicians and specialists broke through in their fight against heart disease.

那些內科醫生和專家們終於在同心臟病的鬥爭中取得了突破。

The guerrillas soon broke through.

游擊隊很快就突圍了。

break up

(1)分裂

(2)結束;解散

The crowd started to break up when the night fell.

天快黑時人群開始散開了。

The ice will break up when the warm weather comes.

天氣轉暖,冰層就會破裂。

Their marriage broke up.

他們的婚姻破裂了。

The police broke up the fighting crowd.

警察驅散了打架的人群。

He may break up under all this pressure.

在這麼大的壓力下他可能會崩潰。

Break it up!

別打啦!

The company top meeting didn't break up until midnight.

公司高層會議到半夜才結束。

The police broke up the fight among the two black gangs.

警察驅散了兩個黑幫間的毆鬥。

(3)(學校)開始放假

When will you break up this winter?

今年冬季你們什麼時候放假?

(4)使發笑;逗樂;使苦惱

That joke really broke me up.

那個笑話可把我逗樂了。

現代英漢綜合大辭典


break

[breik]

vt.

(broke [brEuk]; broken [5brEukEn])

(1)毀壞, 損壞

(2)打破, 撞破; 折斷; 撕開

(3)違反, 違背; 破壞; 破除; 取消, 解除

(4)挖掘; 開墾, 翻(土), 梳(麻); 闖入; 越(獄), 突圍, 打開(局面等), 開創(新路等)

(5)使中止; 打斷, 截斷, 妨礙; 攪亂; 戒除; 放棄

(6)兌開(大額鈔票); 拆開(整體); 解開(難題, 鏈條等)

(7)制服; 訓練; 馴(獸); 制止; 阻止; 破獲(案件); 破解(密碼)

(8)洩; 洩露

(9)使衰敗; 使破產, 免職, 降職; 葬送(前途)

(10)打破, 超過(記錄)

(11)挫敗, 壓倒, 削弱

(12)駁倒, 使(證據、辯辭等)不能成立

(13)(棒球)投(變化球), (拳擊)制止(扭抱)

(14)【律】非法侵入

(15)使(股票等)猛跌價

(16)以大肆渲染而開始

break a cup

打壞一個杯子

break one's promise

食言

break the law

違反法律

break a strike

使罷工停止

break the tie

打破不分勝負的局面

break the case

破獲案件

break the news to sb.

向某人洩露消息

The railway communication is broken.

鐵路交通斷絕了。

Trees break the force of the wind.

樹使風力減弱。

The captain was broken for neglect of duty.

上尉因玩忽職守而被降職。

The prism broke the light into all the colors of the rainbow.

稜鏡把光分解成虹的各種色彩。

詞性變化


break

[breik]

vi.

(1)破裂, 碎; 損壞; 折斷; 壞掉

(2)受干擾; 受挫折; (軍隊等)潰敗; (瘡)潰爛

(3)闖入(into); 逃出(from, out of); 擺脫, 分離; 決裂

(4)突然發生, 突變; (消息)突然傳出

(5)(霜、霧等)消散; (天)破曉, 放晴

(6)破產, 倒閉; (信用、名譽等)掃地

(7)(健康等)垮掉, 變弱; (抵抗等)崩潰; 屈服

(8)(花)發芽, 長(蕾)

(9)折攏, 彎起, 折開

(10)(工作中)稍作休息

(11)發生, 發展, 進展

(12)[美](證券)行市暴跌

(13)突然轉向; (艦艇等)突現於水面

(14)[美]突然跑起來; 猛衝(for); (波浪)衝擊(over, on, against)

(15)(奶酥)在製造黃油時分成流汁和脂肪

(16)(棒球)曲行, 投歪

(17)(從扭抱中)放開, 分開

(18)跳霹靂舞

A piece of china breaks easily.

瓷器容易打碎。

Dawn began to break.

東方欲曉。

The story broke in a morning paper.

消息在一家晨報上透露出來了。

The storm broke.

風暴突然開始了。

The heat-wave broke.

熱浪消散了。

His health is broken.

他的身體垮了。

The bank broke.

這家銀行倒閉了。

Things are breaking right for us.

情況正朝著有利於我們的方向發展。

break

[breik]

n.

(1)破裂; 損壞; 裂口, 折斷

(2)(天氣的)突變; 破曉

(3)中止, 停頓, (電視廣播節目等的)暫停; (工間, 課間的)休息

(4)決裂, 絕交

(5)[口]闖進; 猛衝; 奔, 跑; 突破; (飛機失速後的)突然下降

(6)[美俚]失策, 失敗; (市價等的)暴跌

(7)語言無禮, 舉止不當

(8)[俚]運氣, [口]機會

(9)(檯球)連得分數; (球的)反跳, 屈折

(10)【音】急劇變調

(11)【電】斷線, 斷路(器)

(12)【礦】斷層;【刷】斷開處; 連接符號「-」

(13)(從扭抱中)分開

(14)開墾地; (穀物的)舂

(15)(賽馬等的)起跑

(16)大型四輪馬車

(17)(曲線的)折點, 拐點

(18)滲透點; 靜接點

(19)螢光屏上的脈衝光影 2

(20)【航空】急劇壓坡度; 飛機墜落, 機翼下沉 2

(21)換密日期2

(22)毛皮露底; (皮鞋)頭幫上的褶紋; 絨面褶紋 2

(23)(酒類等的)混濁性凝結物

a break of the bridge

橋的破損處

a break in the clouds

雲朵間的一線青天

a break in the weather

天氣的突變

have a break

休息一會兒

break from the past

和過去決裂

She's won too. What's a break!

她也贏了, 真是好運氣。

Give him a break.

給他一個改過的機會吧!

He made a break for the gate.

他向門口跑去。

繼承用法


breakaway

n.

(1)脫離

(2)(牛、羊等)狂奔

(3)離群之獸

(4)起跑

詞性變化


break

[breik]

adj.

(1)脫離的

(2)【劇】容易拆除的(佈景等)

breakback

n.

(工作部件的)彈回安全器

breakfinder

n.

炮眼壁探縫器

breakfrequency

n.

拐點頻率

breakfront

[`breIkfrQnt]

adj.

(櫥櫃等)凸肚的

n.

凸肚型櫥[書]櫃

breakhead

n.

船頭用的破冰裝置

break-in

n.

(1)闖入

(2)【軍】突破

(3)插入, 嵌入, 擠, 打斷[壞]

(4)滾動, 碾平

(5)試車, 試運轉, 磨[跑, 走]合

breakmark

n.

灰點(綢緞疵點)

breakneck

[5breIknek]

adj.

危險的

break-of-bulk

n.

貨物分卸

break-off

n.

破壞, 斷開

breakout

[5breIkaJt]

n.

(1)爆發

(2)越獄

(3)【軍】突圍

break-over

n.

轉折, (報刊文章)轉頁刊登的部分, 穿[導]通,【地質】圓脊

break-point

n.

斷[分割, 轉折, 停止]點, 轉效點

break-promise

n.

不守信用的人; 失信者

breakstone

n.

碎石

breakup

[5breIkQp]

n.

(1)解散, 崩潰

(2)停止, 終止

(3)分手, 絕交

(4)分離, 中斷, 斷開, 缺口; 分[瓦]解, 溶化, 蛻[裂]變; 餾分組成

breakwater

[5breIkwC:tE(r)]

n.

防洪堤

breakweather

n.

[澳]臨時性的掩蔽所

breakwind

n.

(1)[澳]土人住的茅屋

(2)防風牆[林, 設備], 擋風(罩)

breakable

[5breIkEb(E)l]

adj.

易破的; 脆的

n.

易碎物

breakability

n.

習慣用語


a bad break

失言; 丟人; 倒霉, 不幸

a good break

好機會; 好運氣

a luck break

好機會; 好運氣

an even break

[美俚]條件均等的機會

get the breaks

[美俚]交好運, 碰到有利的機會

give sb. a break

給某人一個(改正錯誤的)機會

make a (bad) break

失言, 失態, 隨便說話; 犯錯誤

make a break for it

[口](趁人不注意時)偷跑, 逃跑

make a break of

(檯球賽中)連續得分

make a (clean) break with

與...絕交

The breaks were against us.

[美俚]命運跟我們作對。

without a break

繼續不斷地, 不停頓地

break away

(1)搶先開始

(2)突然離開; 逃走

(3)突然改變

(4)脫離; 放棄; 革除

(5)拆除, 拆毀

(6)(雲、霧等)消散

break back

(1)【體】突然反向行進擾亂對方防禦

(2)(板球)大幅度轉變方向

(3)向後溜走

break dancing

霹靂舞(60年代起源於美國紐約貧民區, 後在地面搖滾舞基礎上揉合體操、雜技和芭蕾舞動作, 80年代流行)

break down

(1)失敗; 落空

(2)毀掉; 拆除; 損壞; 瓦解; 崩潰

(3)失去控制

(4)分為細目

(5)克服; 征服

(6)【化】改變...的化學成分

(7)打倒在地上; 粉碎

(8)哭泣

(9)態度軟化; 招供

break forth

突然發出, 迸發

break from

掙脫; 突然離去

break in

(1)訓練; 馴養

(2)闖入; 破門而入

(3)打斷; 插嘴

(4)開始使用

break in on

(1)闖入

(2)恍然大悟; 忽然想起

(3)打斷(談話); 打擾; 妨礙

break in upon

(1)闖入

(2)恍然大悟; 忽然想起

(3)打斷(談話); 打擾; 妨礙

break into

(1)闖入; 潛入; 破門而入

(2)進入(新行業)

(3)插入; 打斷

(4)開始(某種活動)

(5)突然加快(步伐或速度)

(6)突然...起來

(7)佔用...時間

(8)兌開(大面值的鈔票或硬幣)

(9)動用(留作緊急時使用的物品)

break it up

(1)[口]散開! 別打架了! 別吵架了!

(2)[美俚]鼓掌

break of

使免於; 戒去; 治癒

break off

(1)突然停止; 暫停; 休息一下

(2)折斷; 絕交

(3)離開正路

(4)因頂頭風而改變航向

break off from

戒除; 放棄; 和...絕交

break off with

與...斷絕交往

break open

以暴力啟開

break out

(1)發生; 爆發

(2)發疹

(3)逃出; 突圍

(4)準備使用

(5)由貯藏處取出使用

(6)【航海】準備起錨

(7)打開; 啟開(貨物等)

(8)突然說出[發出, 做出]

(9)懸掛(旗, 帆等)

break out in

(1)突然佈滿

(2)突然發作

break out of

擺脫(束縛等)

break over

(1)溢出

(2)違犯

(3)(浪濤)衝擊; 扑打

(4)(笑聲, 掌聲, 罵聲等)陣陣襲向, 衝向

break short off

突然中止

break through

(1)突破

(2)從後面出現

(3)(在科學研究上)有重大發現

(4)克服; 打破

break up

(1)停止

(2)散開

(3)分成小塊; 拆開; 分解

(4)衰弱; (精神)崩潰

(5)解散

(6)使哄堂大笑

(7)打斷; 破壞

(8)斷交; 絕交; 破裂

(9)(天氣)突然變化

(10)使苦惱

(11)結束, (學校期末)放假

break up into

分解成; 分割成

break upon

顯露; 突然出現

break with

(1)與...絕交

(2)打破

特殊用法


automatic break

自動斷開

back break

(爆破孔的)背面裂斷

baseline break

基線中斷

bead break

珠斷(拉制玻璃纖維出現玻璃珠時的斷裂)

body break

輥身折斷

bottom break

【植】基出枝;【採礦】底部斷裂

chain break

通道中斷

circuit loop break

(在靠近一對絕緣子處的)線路斷開

clean break

(1)無火花斷路

(2)(果凍)光潔的斷面

cloud break

【氣】雲的破裂

cold break

冷澱物, 冷卻殘渣

control break

【自】控制改變

corner break

隅裂(鋼錠 缺陷)

cross breaks

橫折, 折紋

crown break

外胎順輪周破裂

crystalline break

晶體斷口

curve break

曲線轉折點

diagonaly body break

輥身對角折斷

double break

雙斷

edge break

邊折(帶鋼缺陷)

fast break

快攻

fine break

細(粉)碎系統

fire break

防火間距

glass break

玻璃狀斷口

half-moon break

(鋼軌)底裂

hammer break

【電】錘形銜鐵斷路器

hot break

加熱消蝕

impulse spring break

脈動簧斷開

instantaneous break

瞬時切斷

irregular break

不平整斷口

isochromatid break

等點斷裂

isolocus break

等位斷裂

light break

光間歇

line break

輸送管線斷裂

mercury break

水銀斷續器

mid-day break

午休

middle break

中斷

multiple break

多重斷開

neck break

頸折斷

potential break

潛在斷裂

price break

價格間斷

protracted break

長時受力損壞

quick break

快速斷開

rough break

粗糙斷口, 不平滑斷口

score break

斷痕

service break

發球員輸掉發球的一局

staggered breaks

交叉切斷

station break

電台間歇

stem break

【植】莖變色, 變褐

sticker break

粘結條痕(帶鋼熱處理缺陷)

stratigraphic break

地層間斷

string break

字串斷開, 斷串, 字串段落

tape break

磁帶斷裂

upper break

上部缺失

vertical body break

輥身沿軸線垂直面折斷

vibrating break

振動斷續器

water break

水膜殘跡(洗滌餐具、金屬等硬表面物件, 因效果不良, 經漂清後在其外表上殘存有小水珠的現象)

wipe break

斷路器

wood stick break

木製絕緣子

break of load

負荷的中斷

break of oil

油加熱後沉澱

break of picture sequence

圖像時序破壞

break of service

接發球得分

參考詞彙


break burst crack crush fracture smash

都含「破環」、「破裂」的意思。

(1)break 指「物體部分或整個碎裂、折斷或毀壞」, 如:

If you break that vase you'll have to pay for it.

假如你打碎那花瓶, 你得賠償。

(2)burst 指「由於內部壓力而猛然破裂」, 多用作不及物動詞, 如:

He watched the bombs bursting in air.

他看 見炸彈在空中爆炸。

(3)crack 指「裂開」、「破裂」, 如:

The nut shell is very strong, I can't crack it.

核桃殼很硬, 我不能弄破它。

(4)crush 指「外部巨大的壓力造成物體壓碎或壓變形」, 如:

Eggs crush easily.

雞蛋容易壓碎。

(5)smash 指「沉重的打擊使某物完全成為碎片」, 如:

They smashed the enemy's defences.

他們摧毀了敵人的防衛工事。

(6)fracture 指「折斷」、「斷裂」, 也指「(外科)挫傷」、「骨折」, 如:

He fell from a tree and his leg fractured in three places.

他從樹上掉下來, 腿三處骨折。

用法詞典


break

來自中古英語 breken

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