break one's fall

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词形变化

breaking one's fall breaks one's fall 三单 breaks one's fall broken one's fall broke one's fall breaking one's fall 现在分词 broke one's fall 过去式 broken one's fall 过去式 broken one's fall 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To provide alleviation to prevent someone from slamming into the ground at full speed; to prevent someone from hitting the ground too hard at the end of a fall.

    A pile of leaves broke my fall when I slipped off the roof of the shed.