break

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n. 休息, 中断, 破裂处, 绝交, 破晓, 突变 vt. 打破, 弄破, 弄坏, 破坏, 违反, 打断, 削弱, 放弃 vi. 破碎, 决裂, 破晓, 突变, 变弱, 暂停 n. 分隔符 [计] 分隔符; 中断; DOS内部命令:设定扫描中断按键的时机

发音

US /bɹeɪk/
其它 /bɹɛk/
其它 /brɛːk/

词形变化

breaks 复数 breaks 三单 breaking 现在分词 broke 过去式 brake 过去式 broken 过去式 broken 过去分词 broke 过去分词 breakest brokest 过去式 breaketh 三单 broke 复数 breaked 过去式 breaked 过去分词

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.

    The sun came out in a break in the clouds.

    He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway.

  2. 2.

    An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.

  3. 3.

    A rest or pause, usually from work.

    休息

    Let’s take a five-minute break.

  4. 4.

    A rest or pause, usually from work.

    A time for students to talk or play between lessons.

    英国 教育
  5. 5.

    A rest or pause, usually from work.

    A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.

    winter break, spring break

  6. 6.

    A short holiday.

    a weekend break on the Isle of Wight

  7. 7.

    An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.

  8. 8.

    A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.

    big break

    lucky break, bad break

    them's the breaks

  9. 9.

    A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.

    商务 金融
  10. 10.

    The beginning (of the morning).

    at the break of day

  11. 11.

    An act of escaping.

    to make a break for it; to make a break for the door

    It was a clean break.

    prison break

  12. 12.

    The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.

    计算机 工程 数学
  13. 13.

    A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.

    计算机 工程 数学
  14. 14.

    A temporary split with a romantic partner.

    I think we need a break.

  15. 15.

    A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.

    气象
  16. 16.

    A game won by the receiving player(s).

    游戏 体育
  17. 17.

    The first shot in a game of billiards.

    体育 游戏
  18. 18.

    The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.

    体育 游戏
  19. 19.

    The counter-attack.

    体育 游戏
  20. 20.

    The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.

    游戏 体育
  21. 21.

    A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).

    游戏 体育

    The final break in the Greenmount area is Kirra Point.

  22. 22.

    The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.

    游戏 体育
  23. 23.

    The start of a horse race.

    游戏 体育 动物学
  24. 24.

    A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

    过时
  25. 25.

    Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)

  26. 26.

    A sharp bit or snaffle.

    动物学 体育
  27. 27.

    A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.

    音乐

    The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note.

  28. 28.

    The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.

    音乐

    Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master.

  29. 29.

    The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.

    音乐
  30. 30.

    An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).

  31. 31.

    An error.

    废旧 俚语
  32. 32.

    An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

    The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.

  33. 33.

    Ellipsis of breakpoint.

    计算机 工程 数学
  34. 1.

    A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.

    音乐
v. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

    不及物 及物

    If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.

    In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.

  2. 2.

    To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

    To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.

    不及物 及物

    His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.

    He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.

  3. 3.

    To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

    及物

    Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?

    The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.

  4. 4.

    To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

    及物

    Her child’s death broke Angela.

    Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.

    The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.

  5. 5.

    To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

    To end the run of (a play).

    及物 艺术
  6. 6.

    To ruin financially.

    及物

    The recession broke some small businesses.

  7. 7.

    Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.

    不及物 商务 金融
  8. 8.

    To violate; to fail to adhere to.

    及物

    When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.

    He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.

    to break one’s word

    Time travel would break the laws of physics.

  9. 9.

    To end.

    打破

    不及物

    The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.

  10. 10.

    To begin or end.

    不及物

    We ran to find shelter before the storm broke.

    Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.

  11. 11.

    To arrive.

    不及物

    Morning has broken.

    The day broke crisp and clear.

  12. 12.

    To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.

    不及物

    Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.

  13. 13.

    To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.

    俚语 及物 游戏

    Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess.

    I broke the RPG by training every member of my party to cast fireballs as well as use swords.

  14. 14.

    To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

    破坏

    损坏

    不及物 及物

    On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.

    Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?

  15. 15.

    To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.

    及物

    The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.

  16. 16.

    To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

    To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.

    不及物 及物

    Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.

  17. 17.

    To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.

    不及物
  18. 18.

    To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.

    不及物

    Let's break for lunch.

  19. 19.

    To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

    及物

    to break a seal

  20. 20.

    To become audible suddenly.

    不及物

    Like the crash of thunderbolts…, the sound of musquetry broke over the lawn, ….

  21. 21.

    To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

    To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.

    及物
  22. 22.

    To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.

    及物
  23. 23.

    To suddenly become.

    非正式

    Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.

    The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.

  24. 24.

    To become deeper at puberty.

    不及物
  25. 25.

    To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

    骨折

    不及物

    His voice breaks when he gets emotional.

  26. 26.

    To de-emulsify.

    不及物
  27. 27.

    To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.

    及物

    He broke the men's 100-meter record.

    I can't believe she broke 3 under par!

    The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.

  28. 28.

    To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.

    及物 游戏 体育

    He needs to break serve to win the match.

  29. 29.

    To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.

    不及物 体育 游戏

    Is it your or my turn to break?

  30. 30.

    To remove one of the two men on (a point).

    及物 游戏 体育
  31. 31.

    To demote; to reduce the military rank of.

    及物 政治 军事
  32. 32.

    To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

    不及物
  33. 33.

    To end (a connection); to disconnect.

    及物

    The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.

    The referee broke the boxers' clinch.

    I couldn’t hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.

  34. 34.

    To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

    及物

    when I see a great officer broke.

  35. 35.

    To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.

    不及物

    to break into a run or gallop

  36. 36.

    To fall out; to terminate friendship.

    古体 不及物
  37. 37.

    To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.

    计算机 工程 数学
  38. 38.

    To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.

    计算机 工程 数学
  39. 39.

    To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

    To turn an animal into a beast of burden.

    及物

    You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.

  40. 40.

    To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

    不及物

    My heart is breaking.

  41. 41.

    To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.

    不及物 废旧

    ‘I knew he was in some such low way—He broke did not he?’

  42. 42.

    To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

    To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.

    及物
  43. 43.

    To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.

    不及物
  44. 44.

    To change a steady state abruptly.

    及物

    His coughing broke the silence.

    His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.

    With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.

  45. 45.

    To counter-attack.

    不及物 体育
  46. 46.

    To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

    废旧 及物
  47. 47.

    To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

    及物

    to break flax

  48. 48.

    To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.

    计算机 工程 数学

    zero-width non-breaking space

  49. 49.

    To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

    及物

    I’ve got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.

    to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one’s journey

    I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.

  50. 50.

    To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.

    及物

    He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.

  51. 51.

    To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.

    及物

    The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.

    I don’t know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.

    When news of their divorce broke...

  52. 1.

    To B-boy; to breakdance.

    俚语 音乐
  53. 2.

    To brake.

    罕用

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (“to break”), from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Doublet of bray. Cognates Cognates of Germanic origin include Scots brek (“to break”), West Frisian brekke (“to break”), Dutch breken (“to break”), Low German breken (“to break”), German brechen (“to break”), French broyer (“to crush, grind”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break, destroy”), Norwegian brek (“desire, yearning”). Also cognate with Albanian brishtë (“fragile”), Latin frangō (“break, break up, shatter”, verb), whence English fracture and other terms – fragile, frail, fraction, and fragment. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as speak and wreak.

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