breaker

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n. 断路器 [化] 破碎机

发音

UK /ˈbɹeɪkə/
其它
US /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/

词形变化

breakers 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that breaks (something else).

    a breaker of men's souls

  2. 2.

    A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.

  3. 3.

    The building in which such a machine is placed.

    at the coal breaker

    A: Is John at the tipple? B: No, he's at the breaker today.

  4. 4.

    A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard.

    Ellipsis of shipbreaker, a shipbreaking company or its yard.

  5. 5.

    A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard.

    Ellipsis of car breaker, a car breaking company or its yard.

  6. 6.

    A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard.

    Ellipsis of horsebreaker.

    A hasty and passionate breaker will often make a really goodtempered young horse an inveterate gibber

  7. 7.

    A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard

  8. 8.

    A breakdancer.

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  9. 9.

    A user of CB radio.

    美国 过时
  10. 10.

    Ellipsis of circuit breaker.

    商务 工程 物理

    breaker panel

  11. 1.

    A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck.

interj.
  1. 1.

    Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio.

    美国 过时

    breaker one nine

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher.

来源:wiktionary