breakage

n. 破坏, 破损处, 破损量 [化] 破裂; 断裂

发音

US /ˈbɹeɪkɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

breakages 复数 breakages

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of breaking.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The left-over money in a pari-mutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Something that has been broken.

    可数 不可数

    At the end of the party, there were two reported breakages.

  4. 4.

    A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.

    可数 不可数 金融 商务

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

break breaking

上位词 1

reimbursement

下位词 9

crack chip cracking fracture smashing shattering rupture chipping splintering

相关短语

Nijmegen breakage syndrome Berlin breakage syndrome

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English breakage From break + -age.

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