breaker
n. 断路器 [化] 破碎机
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释义与例句
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1.
Something that breaks (something else).
a breaker of men's souls
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2.
A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.
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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.
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4.
A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard.
Ellipsis of shipbreaker, a shipbreaking company or its yard.
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5.
A person or company that specializes in breaking things; their yard.
Ellipsis of car breaker, a car breaking company or its yard.
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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
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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
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A breakdancer.
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A user of CB radio.
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10.
Ellipsis of circuit breaker.
商务 工程 物理breaker panel
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A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck.
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Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio.
美国 过时breaker one nine
词汇关系
同义词 3
上位词 4
下位词 2
相关短语
词源
From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher.
来源:wiktionary