| 单词 | break |
| 释义 | breakbreaksbrokebrokenbreakingbreakbreak1 /breɪk/ verb (past tense broke /brəʊk $ broʊk/, past participle broken /ˈbrəʊkən $ ˈbroʊ-/)1separate into pieces [intransitive and transitive] if something breaks, or if you break it, it separates into pieces, usually because it has been dropped, hit etc: I had to break a window to get into the house.have 我只得打破窗子进入房子。Be careful – those glasses break easily.glass小心——那些玻璃杯很容易打碎。break something in half/twoHe broke the biscuit in half.break 他把饼干分成两半。2bone [transitive] to damage a bone in your body by making it crack or splitbreak your leg/arm etcShe fell down and broke her hip.fallbreak 她跌倒﹐摔断了髋骨。THESAURUS hurt3damage [intransitive and transitive] if you break a tool or a machine, or if it breaks, it no longer works properly: He was playing with the camera and broke it!beplaybreak他玩着玩着就把照相机弄坏了!THESAURUS damage4law/rule [transitive] to disobey a law or rule: Williams denied breaking the law.denybreak 威廉姆斯否认自己违法。Students who break the rules will be punished.studentrulepunish 违反规定的学生将受到处罚。5promise/agreement [transitive] to not do what you promised to do: The mayor broke a promise to improve schools.breakschool 市长违背了要改善学校条件的承诺。You broke your word.break 你食言了。6stop/rest [intransitive and transitive] to stop for a short time in order to have a rest or eat somethingbreak forWe broke for lunch at 12:30.break 我们在十二点半休息吃午饭。We can break our journey in Oxford. 我们中途可以在牛津停下来休息。7make something end [transitive] to stop something from continuing: The sound of gunfire broke the silence.break 枪声打破了寂静。8news [transitive] if news about an important event breaks, it becomes known: News of his resignation broke yesterday afternoon.break 昨天下午他辞职的消息传开了。9day/dawn [transitive] if day or dawn breaks, light begins to show in the sky as the sun rises10boy’s voice [transitive] when a boy’s voice breaks, it becomes lower and starts to sound like a man’s voice11weather [transitive] if the weather breaks, it suddenly changes: We went to the coast for a few days until the weather broke.godaybreak 天气突变之前﹐我们到海边去了几天。12storm [transitive] if a storm breaks, it beginsPhrasesbreak sb’s concentration to stop someone from being able to think about what they are doing: A shout from the crowd broke the golfer’s concentration.break 人群里的一声喊叫分散了这位高尔夫球员的注意力。break even to neither make a profit nor lose money: We broke even in our first year of business.break 我们第一年的生意不赔不赚。break a habit to stop doing something that you do regularly, especially something that you should not do: The program is designed to help drug addicts break their habit.bedesignaddict 该计划旨在帮助吸毒者戒毒。break sb’s heart to make someone very unhappy, especially by ending a relationship with thembreak the ice informal to make people who have just met feel less nervous and more willing to talk to each other: I suggested a game to break the ice.suggest 我提议玩一个游戏﹐以打破沉默。break loose/free to escape: The cattle broke loose during the night.break 夜里牛跑了。break the news (to somebody) to tell someone about something bad that has happened: Ellie called him into her office to break the news.call 艾莉把他叫到她的办公室﹐把这个坏消息告诉了他。break a record to do something faster, better etc than anyone has ever done it before: an attempt to break the 10,000 metres world recordmetre 打破一万米世界纪录的尝试THESAURUS: breakto break somethingbreak to damage something and make it separate into pieces: Careful you don’t break those glasses.glassI think I’ve broken my arm.breaksmash to break something with a lot of force: The ball smashed one of the windows.smashwindowsnap to deliberately break something hard into two pieces, making a sharp noise: He snapped the sticks in two.snapstickfracture to damage a bone, especially so that a line appears on the surface: I fell over and fractured my wrist.fallfractureto become brokenbreak to become damaged and separate into pieces: I dropped the plate and it broke.dropbreakshatter to break into a lot of small pieces: The glass shattered when it hit the floor.shattercrack if something cracks, a line appears on its surface, which means that it may break into separate pieces later: The ice on the river was starting to crack.bestartburst if a tyre, balloon, pipe etc bursts, it gets a hole in it and air or liquid suddenly comes out: A water pipe in the roof had burst.haveShe blew up the balloon until it burst.blowsplit to tear or break in a straight line: My jeans were so tight that they split.becrumble to break into a powder or a lot of small pieces: The bricks were starting to crumble.brickbestartPhrasal verbsbreak away phrasal verb1to move away from someone who is holding you: She started crying and tried to break away.startcrytry 她开始哭泣并试图挣脱出去。 2to leave a group or organization and form another group, usually because of a disagreementbreak away fromThey broke away from the national union and set up their own local organization.break 他们脱离全国总工会﹐自己成立了一个地方组织。break down phrasal verb1 if a car or a machine breaks down, it stops working: My car broke down on the way to work.break 我的车在上班途中出了故障。 2to fail: Negotiations broke down after only two days.negotiationbreakday 谈判才进行了两天就破裂了。She moved back to America when her marriage broke down.movebreak 她婚姻破裂以后就搬回了美国。3if someone breaks down, they start crying: Imelda broke down in tears at the funeral.breaktear 伊美黛在葬礼上失声痛哭。 THESAURUS cry4break something ↔ down if you break down a door, you hit it so hard that it breaks and falls to the ground5if a substance breaks down, or if something breaks it down, it changes or separates into smaller parts as a result of a chemical processbreak something ↔ downFood is broken down in the stomach.bebreak 食物在胃里进行分解。break in phrasal verb to use force to enter a building, especially in order to steal something: Burglars broke in during the night and took the stereo.burglarbreaktake 夜里小偷闯进屋里﹐偷走了立体声音响。THESAURUS enterbreak into something phrasal verb1to use force to enter a building or car, especially in order to steal something: They broke into the room through the back window.break 他们从后窗闯入房间。 THESAURUS enter2to suddenly start doing something: He broke into a run as he came round the corner.breakcome 他拐过弯角时突然跑了起来。Her face suddenly broke into a smile.break 她脸上顿时绽开了笑容。 3to become involved in a new job or business activity: American companies are trying to break into Eastern European markets.companybetrymarket 美国公司正企图打入东欧市场。break off phrasal verb1if something breaks off, or if you break it off, it is separated from the main part of somethingbreak something ↔ offShe broke off a piece of cheese.break 她掰下一块干酪。One of the car’s wing mirrors had broken off.mirrorhavebreak 车上的一个侧翼后视镜已脱落了。2break something ↔ off to end a relationship: The US has broken off diplomatic relations with Iran.havebreakrelation 美国中断了与伊朗的外交关系。She broke off their engagement a week before they were due to be married.breakbemarry 她在他们就要结婚的一个星期前解除了婚约。 3to suddenly stop doing something or talking to someonebreak something ↔ offWithout explanation, management broke off contract negotiations.breaknegotiation 没有任何解释﹐资方就突然中止了合同谈判。break out phrasal verb1if a disease, fire, or war breaks out, it starts: Nine months later, war broke out in Korea.monthlatebreak 九个月以后﹐朝鲜爆发了战争。THESAURUS start2to escape from prisonbreak out ofTwo inmates broke out of prison and murdered a police officer.inmatebreakmurder 两名囚犯越狱逃跑﹐并杀死一名警察。 3break out in spots/a rash/sweat etc if you break out in spots etc, they appear on your skinbreak through (something) phrasal verb to use force to get through something that is stopping you from moving forward: Demonstrators tried to break through police lines.demonstratortryline 示威者试图冲破警方的防线。break up phrasal verb1break something ↔ up to separate something into smaller parts: They plan to break the company up into several smaller companies.smallcompany 他们打算把公司分拆成几家小公司。 2if something breaks up, or if you break it up, it breaks into small pieces: The ship broke up on the rocks.breakrock 船触礁撞碎了。break something ↔ upWe used shovels to break up the soil.useshovel 我们用铲子松土。 3to end a relationship with a husband, wife, boyfriend etc: Troy and I broke up last month.break 特洛伊和我上个月分手了。break up withShe’s broken up with Glen.break 她和格伦分手了。 4break something ↔ up to stop a fight or argument: Three policemen were needed to break up the fight.policemanbeneed 需要三名警察来制止这场打斗。 5if a meeting or party breaks up, people start to leave6British English when a school breaks up, it closes for a holidaybreak up forWhen do you break up for Easter? 你们复活节什么时候开始放假？break with somebody/something phrasal verb to leave a group of people or an organization, after a disagreement with them: Yugoslavia under Tito soon broke with Stalin’s Russia.break铁托领导下的南斯拉夫不久就和斯大林统治的苏联断绝了关系。 |
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