break
v. 破碎; 弄壞,壞掉; 弄破; 違犯; 中斷; 開拓; 削弱; 突變; 散開; 開始; 公佈; 打破(記錄); 拍岸; 破解
n. 休息,間歇; 暫停; 短期休假; 縫隙; 機遇; 破裂,骨折; 接連擊中
When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
He fell through the window, breaking the glass...
他撞破玻璃從視窗摔了下去。
The plate broke...
盤子打破了。
If you break a part of your body such as your leg, your arm, or your nose, or if a bone breaks, you are injured because a bone cracks or splits.
She broke a leg in a skiing accident...
她在一次滑雪事故中摔斷了一條腿。
Old bones break easily...
老年人容易骨折。
If a surface, cover, or seal breaks or if something breaks it, a hole or tear is made in it, so that a substance can pass through.
Once you've broken the seal of a bottle there's no way you can put it back together again...
一旦你撕開瓶子的密封條,你就無法再把它復原。
The bandage must be put on when the blister breaks...
水皰一旦破了就必須用繃帶包紮起來。
When a tool or piece of machinery breaks or when you break it, it is damaged and no longer works.
When the clutch broke, the car was locked into second gear...
離合器失靈後,汽車只能在二擋行駛。
Tenants do not have to worry about leaking roofs and broken washing machines...
租房者無需擔心屋頂漏水和洗衣機出故障。
If you break a rule, promise, or agreement, you do something that you should not do according to that rule, promise, or agreement.
We didn't know we were breaking the law.
我們不知道自己在犯法。
The company has consistently denied it had knowingly broken arms embargoes.
這家公司一直否認自己是有意違反武器禁運規定。
If you break free or loose, you free yourself from something or escape from it.
She broke free by thrusting her elbow into his chest.
她用肘猛擊他的胸部,掙脫了出來。
...his inability to break free of his marriage.
他無法擺脫婚姻的束縛
If someone breaks something, especially a difficult or unpleasant situation that has existed for some time, they end it or change it.
The Home Secretary aims to break the vicious circle between disadvantage and crime...
內政大臣力圖打破貧困和犯罪之間的惡性迴圈。
New proposals have been put forward to break the deadlock among rival factions...
旨在結束各競爭派別之間僵持局面的新提案已被提交。
If someone or something breaks a silence, they say something or make a noise after a long period of silence.
Hugh broke the silence. 'Is she always late?' he asked...
休打破了沉默,問道:“她總是遲到嗎?”
The unearthly silence was broken by a shrill screaming.
一聲尖叫打破了這可怕的沉寂。
If there is a break in the cloud or weather, it changes and there is a short period of sunshine or fine weather.
A sudden break in the cloud allowed rescuers to spot Michael Benson.
天氣的突然放晴幫助救援人員找到了邁克爾·本森。
If you break with a group of people or a traditional way of doing things, or you break your connection with them, you stop being involved with that group or stop doing things in that way.
In 1959, Akihito broke with imperial tradition by marrying a commoner...
明仁天皇在1959年打破皇室傳統,娶了一位平民女子為妻。
They were determined to break from precedent...
他們決心打破先例。
If you break a habit or if someone breaks you of it, you no longer have that habit.
If you continue to smoke, keep trying to break the habit...
如果你還在吸菸的話,就儘量戒除這個習慣吧。
The professor hoped to break the students of the habit of looking for easy answers.
教授希望改掉學生們不動腦筋就想找到答案的習慣。
To break someone means to destroy their determination and courage, their success, or their career.
He never let his jailers break him...
他決不會讓監獄看守們摧毀他的意志。
The newspapers and television can make or break you...
報紙和電視會使你成功,也會將你毀掉。
If someone breaks for a short period of time, they rest or change from what they are doing for a short period.
They broke for lunch.
他們停下來吃午飯。
A break is a short period of time when you have a rest or a change from what you are doing, especially if you are working or if you are in a boring or unpleasant situation.
They may be able to help with childcare so that you can have a break...
他們可以幫忙照料孩子,這樣你就可以歇一歇了。
I thought a 15 min break from his work would do him good...
我想他停下工作休息15分鐘對他會有好處。
A break is a short holiday.
They are currently taking a short break in Spain.
他們目前正在西班牙休短假。
If you break your journey somewhere, you stop there for a short time so that you can have a rest.
Because of the heat we broke our journey at a small country hotel.
由於天氣炎熱,我們在一家鄉村小旅館停下來稍作歇息。
To break the force of something such as a blow or fall means to weaken its effect, for example by getting in the way of it.
He sustained serious neck injuries after he broke someone's fall.
有人墜落壓在他身上,致使他頸部受重傷。
When a piece of news breaks, people hear about it from the newspapers, television, or radio.
The news broke that the Prime Minister had resigned...
據報道首相已經辭職。
He resigned from his post as Bishop when the scandal broke.
醜聞傳開後他辭去了主教職務。
When you break a piece of bad news to someone, you tell it to them, usually in a kind way.
Then Louise broke the news that she was leaving me...
然後路易絲挑明瞭她要離開我。
I worried for ages and decided that I had better break it to her.
我煩惱了很長時間,後來決定還是把這事告訴她。
A break is a lucky opportunity that someone gets to achieve something.
He went into TV and got his first break playing opposite Sid James in the series 'Citizen James'.
他進入了電視圈,獲得的第一個機會是在連續劇《公民詹姆斯》中與錫德·詹姆斯演對手戲。
If you break a record, you beat the previous record for a particular achievement.
Carl Lewis has broken the world record in the 100 metres...
卡爾·劉易斯已經打破了百米賽跑的世界紀錄。
Jurassic Park had broken all box office records.
《侏羅紀公園》打破了所有票房紀錄。
When day or dawn breaks, it starts to grow light after the night has ended.
They continued the search as dawn broke.
天放亮後他們繼續搜尋。
When a wave breaks, it passes its highest point and turns downwards, for example when it reaches the shore.
Danny listened to the waves breaking against the shore.
丹尼聆聽著波浪拍岸的聲音。
If you break a secret code, you work out how to understand it.
It was feared they could break the Allies' codes.
恐怕他們會破譯盟軍的密碼。
If someone's voice breaks when they are speaking, it changes its sound, for example because they are sad or afraid.
Godfrey's voice broke, and halted.
戈弗雷聲音都變了,停頓下來。
When a boy's voice breaks, it becomes deeper and sounds more like a man's voice.
He sings with the strained discomfort of someone whose voice hasn't quite broken.
他唱得很拘謹,聲音聽起來像是某個還沒完全變聲的男孩。
If the weather breaks or a storm breaks, it suddenly becomes rainy or stormy after a period of sunshine.
I've been waiting for the weather to break...
我一直在等待著暴風雨的到來。
She hoped she'd be able to reach the hotel before the storm broke.
她希望能夠在起風暴前趕到旅館。
In tennis, if you break your opponent's serve, you win a game in which your opponent is serving.
He broke McEnroe's serve.
他破了麥肯羅的發球局。
The break of day or the break of dawn is the time when it begins to grow light after the night.
'I,' he finished poetically, 'will watch over you to the break of day.'
“我,”他以富有詩意的語言結尾,“將守候著你,直至晨光初露。”
You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
'I'm a real intellectual-type guy, Tracy,' James joked. 'Oh, give me a break,' Tracy moaned.
“我可是個貨真價實的高智商小夥兒,特雷西。”詹姆斯開玩笑地說道。“哦,別煩我了,”特雷西抱怨道。
If you make a break or make a break for it, you run to escape from something.
The moment had come to make a break or die...
那個時候不跑就沒命了。
Dan made a break for his car only to find the driver's door locked.
丹朝他的汽車跑去,卻發現駕駛座位置的門被鎖住了。
1. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts;
2. an unexpected piece of good luck;
3. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;
4. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);
5. a pause from doing something (as work);
6. the act of breaking something;
7. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
8. breaking of hard tissue such as bone;
9. the occurrence of breaking;
10. the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
11. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving;
12. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
13. a sudden dash;
14. any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare;
15. an escape from jail;
1. terminate;
2. become separated into pieces or fragments;
3. destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments;
4. render inoperable or ineffective;
5. ruin completely;
6. act in disregard of laws and rules;
7. move away or escape suddenly;
8. scatter or part;
9. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up;
10. prevent completion;
11. enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act;
12. make submissive, obedient, or useful;
13. fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns;
14. surpass in excellence;
15. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;
16. come into being;
17. stop operating or functioning;
18. interrupt a continued activity;
19. make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing;
20. curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves;
21. lessen in force or effect;
22. be broken in;
23. come to an end;
24. vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity;
25. cause to give up a habit;
26. give up;
27. come forth or begin from a state of latency;
28. happen or take place;
29. cause the failure or ruin of;
30. invalidate by judicial action;
31. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
32. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;
33. reduce to bankruptcy;
34. change directions suddenly
35. emerge from the surface of a body of water;
36. break down, literally or metaphorically;
37. do a break dance;
38. exchange for smaller units of money;
39. destroy the completeness of a set of related items;
40. make the opening shot that scatters the balls
41. separate from a clinch, in boxing;
42. go to pieces;
43. break a piece from a whole;
44. become punctured or penetrated;
45. pierce or penetrate;
46. be released or become known; of news;
47. cease an action temporarily;
48. interrupt the flow of current in;
49. undergo breaking;
50. find a flaw in;
51. find the solution or key to;
52. change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another;
53. happen;
54. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;
55. of the male voice in puberty;
56. fall sharply;
57. fracture a bone of;
58. diminish or discontinue abruptly;
59. weaken or destroy in spirit or body;
break, rest, pause, interval, recess, cease, stop
這些名詞均含有"中止,停止,休息"之意。
break, burst, crack, crush, fracture, shatter, smash
這些動詞均含"打破,弄碎"之意。
break, destroy, ruin, wreck, damage, spoil
這些動詞均有"破壞,損壞"之意。
break down
使崩潰;毀壞
使健康、精神崩潰
放棄抵抗;屈服
失效;沒用了
使…變弱,變得無效
成為可分的;可進行分析
從化學上分解,使從化學上分解
&I{【電學】} 擊穿
break in
馴服,習慣於:為一目的而訓練或使…適應
用慣,穿慣:透過使用使…鬆軟
強行進入,非法進入
闖入
break into
打斷
突然開始
進入(一個活動領域)
break off
扯斷,斷裂:透過扭曲,撕扯分開
說話時突然打住
不再友好,絕交
break out
出皮疹:被皮疹感染,如丘疹
猛地爆發
拿出…供消費
出現或逃走
可分開歸入各種類別,如資料
分隔:從大量資料中把(資訊)離析出來
break through
突破,穿過:衝破障礙突然、迅速地前進
break up
打破…的統一性或連貫性
分散;散開
使…結束或結束
【非正式用語】 爆發出大笑,使…爆發出大笑
break one's back
努力做成某事
break the back of
完成某項任務中最困難的部分
break the bank
break one's duck
break someone's heart
break a leg!
(舞臺俚語)好運氣!
break the mould
We had to break the door out to escape from the fire.
我們不得不把門砸開以逃避火災.
The branch bent but did not break.
那樹枝彎曲,但沒有折斷.
The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.
警察設法制住了那個囚犯的反抗.
Hard words break no bones.
[諺]直言無害.
During the break, the sports ground rang with happy shouts.
課間休息時, 操場上回響著歡快的聲音.
vt. 打破;使碎裂;破壞
explodecrackfracturedemolishtearshatterdestroydamagesmashcrushwreckburstrupture
n. 暫停;休息;中斷;停頓
interruptionintermissionrecessletuppauserestinterval
n. 違背
v. 打碎;切斷
smashfractureripsplintertearsplitshatter
其他釋義
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