break in

短语
大学

训练, 使经使用逐渐合用, 闯入, 打断

发音

AU

词形变化

breaking in breaks in 三单 breaks in broke in broken in breaking in 现在分词 broke in 过去式 broken in 过去式 broken in 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To enter a place by force or illicit means.

    不及物

    Someone broke in and stole his radio.

  2. 2.

    To smash (something) by forcing it inward.

    及物

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Break in the door. We are held up!

  3. 3.

    To reach a state of functioning more smoothly through use or wear; to cause (something, or someone, new) to undergo this change.

    及物/不及物 习语

    These shoes will be more comfortable after they have broken in.

    These shoes will be more comfortable after I have broken them in.

  4. 4.

    Starting something brand new or at a new level.

    习语 及物

    He broke in with the New York Yankees.

  5. 5.

    To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To take the virginity of a girl, to deflower.

    非正式 及物
  7. 7.

    To interrupt one's conversation; speak before another person has finished speaking.

    不及物
  8. 8.

    To initiate a new person into prostitution or prison sex acts.

    俚语 及物

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