break/breɪk/ (broke, broken)

vt

1. 打破；使碎裂；摔断

• break a bottle 打碎一只瓶子

• break a leg 折断一条腿

2. 弄坏，损坏

• break a machine 损坏一台机器

3. 破(土)；割破；擦破(皮肤)；撕裂…的表面

• grass that breaks the rock 从岩石缝中生长出来的小草

• break the skin 擦破皮肤

4. 破坏，违反

• break the law 犯法

• break a promise 违背诺言

• break a will 取消遗嘱

5. 驯服；使屈服；制服

• break a horse 驯服一匹马

• break the case 破案

• break your spirit 挫伤你的锐气

6. 使放弃习惯

• break the smoking addiction 戒掉烟瘾

7. 打破(纪录等)

• break a world record 打破一项世界纪录

• break the silence 打破沉默

• break the ice 打破僵局

8. 使衰败，使破产

9. 打断，使中止

• break a journey 中途下车，中断旅程

• break an electric circuit 切断电流

vi

1. 破碎；破裂；断裂

• The vase broke to pieces when it fell onto the floor. 花瓶掉到地上摔成了碎片。

2. 猛闯；突破，强行逃脱

• The prisoner broke away from the guard. 犯人挣脱看守逃跑了。

3. 中断，中止

• Let's break for a walk. 让我们停下来散散步去吧。

4. 爆发；突然出现

• A twister broke. 龙卷风突然袭来。

5. (天)破晓；(云)露出罅隙

• We'll set out as soon as the day breaks. 我们天一亮就出发。

6. (天气)突变；(嗓音)突变

• The muggy weather will break soon. 闷热天气很快将会改变。

• The boy's voice will break with the coming of adolescence. 男孩子到了青春期会变声。

词组break down

1. 损坏，出故障；失效

• The machine broke down. 机器坏了。

2. 彻底失败；(健康、精神等)崩溃

• The peace talk has broken down. 和谈已宣告破裂。

• If you always work like this,you'll break down sooner or later. 如果你总象这样工作的话，身体迟早会垮掉。

3. 感情上失控，无法控制终至感情决堤

• She broke down at the funeral. 她在葬礼上无法控制住自己的感情。

4. 拆毁

• break down the city walls 拆毁城墙

5. 可分为

• The article breaks down into three parts . 文章分为三部分。

break even 见even break in 突然打断，突然扰乱…而使中断

• Please don't break in while I'm thinking. 在我思考时请不要打断我的思绪。

break into

1. 非法强行闯入，破门而入

• I have to break into my house as I lost my key. 我丢了钥匙，只好破门而入。

2. 打断；占用(时间等)

• Sorry to break into your leisure time, but I have something important to say. 对不起占用你业余息时间，我有要事相告。

3. 突然加快速度而成…的步伐

• Susan heard footsteps behind her and broke into a run. 苏姗听到身后有脚步声，不由地跑了起来。

break loose 挣脱；迸发

• People's enthusiasm is breaking loose. 人们的热情正迸发出来。

break off

1. 中止；突然停止

• break off the diplomatic visit 中止外交访问

2. 绝交，断绝关系

• break off with one's friend 与朋友断交

3. 折断

• Don't break the branch off the tree. 不要折树枝。

break out

1. 爆发；突然出现

• The fire broke out. 火烧起来了。

2. 逃脱；逃走

• He tried to break out of jail. 他试图越狱。

break sb.'s heart 使某人很伤心

• It broke his heart when she left. 她走了他很伤心。

break through

1. 冲破；突破

• break through the trade barrier 冲破贸易壁垒

2. 挣脱；穿透

• The sunlight broke through the thick clouds. 阳光穿透了厚厚的云层。

3. 克服；压倒

• break through one's arrogance 消除某人的嚣张气焰

break up

1. 终止；（期终）放假

• When do you break up for the summer vacation? 你们什么时候放暑假？

2. 打碎

• break up the ice to fish 打碎冰面钓鱼

3. (被)分离；(使)(人与人)关系破裂

• break up the vacant land to several bits 把空地分成几块

• When love doesn't exist,the family may break up. 爱不存在了，家庭会破裂。

4. 消散，解散，驱散

• The policemen are breaking up the demonstrators. 警察正在驱散示威者。

5. 口 使大笑

• The story really broke me up. 这个故事使我哈哈大笑。

break with

1. 与…决裂

• break with one's belief 与某人的信仰决裂

2. 破除

• break with the superstition 破除迷信