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单词 to break in
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to break in
to break in
1. transitive. = sense 14.
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society > education > teaching > training > train [verb (transitive)]
to teach of1297
exercec1374
informc1384
schoolc1456
break1474
instruct1510
nuzzle1519
train1531
train1542
frame1547
experience?c1550
to trade up1556
disciplinea1586
disciple1596
nursle1596
accommodate1640
educate1643
model1665
form1711
to break in1785
scholar1807
1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1842) I. 326 Suppose his highness not to be well broken in to things of this kind.
1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive 3 Savages..who had not broken in a single animal to labour.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xix. 26 I broke a fellow in, once.
1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 97 She must be well broke in to the smell of tobacco.
2. intransitive. [ < sense 42.] To force one's way in, enter forcibly or abruptly; to make an irruption.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > violently
inburstc1540
to break in1552
burst1562
bust1838
irrupt1886
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Breake in, irrumpo.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. v. §6. 260 Ptolomies Armie brake in without resistance.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey Ded. The wild beasts..hauing broken in vpon them.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 131. ¶8 When an unexpected Guest breaks in upon him.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. v. 220 I am afraid..I break in upon you abruptly. View more context for this quotation
1884 S. Baring-Gould Mehalah (new ed.) iv. 50 Lest he should be broken in on from the cellar.
3. To infringe upon or interfere with; to interrupt or disturb suddenly or unexpectedly.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [verb (intransitive)] > hinder by interference
interrupt1412
intervene1649
to break in1657
intercedea1661
to queer the pitch1846
to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery1907
to gum (up) the works1932
to throw a spanner in the works1934
1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 79 Bring in a Bill, which is as effectual. Otherwise business will break in upon you.
1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 5 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1209 Some little passion or humour always breaks in upon their best resolutions.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 70 Whenever a standing rule of law..hath been wantonly broke in upon by statutes or new resolutions.
1806 G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 251 I would..break in upon these [arrangements] to call in Clarges Street.
1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. 5 Those sudden storms which will sometimes break in upon the serenity of a summer voyage.
1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) II. 378 The booming of cannon broke in upon the singing of the psalms.
4. To interpose abruptly in a conversation.
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the mind > language > speech > interruption > interrupt or interpose [verb (intransitive)]
chop in1550
to speak in a man's cast1580
to break through1659
interpose1667
interrupt1667
to break in1705
to catch up1764
to get ina1774
to strike in1791
to get a word, etc. in edgeways1824
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 101 The Doctor's Character..with a deep Voice, and a Magisterial Air breaks in upon Conversation, and drives down all before him.
1807 A. M. Porter Hungarian Brothers II. ix. 251 ‘You remember the circumstance,’ added the Marshal, seeing Charles about to interrupt him; ‘but I'll not be broken in on.’
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 74 Feeling the certainty of being right..the father broke in.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 9 In the discussion..Glaucon breaks in with a slight jest.
5. [ < sense 39.] To burst or flash upon.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly
smitec1450
shoot1542
rejounce1556
to break in1713
to cross one's mind, etc. (rarely to cross one)1768
surge up1853
strobe1977
1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous iii. 165 A new Light breaks in upon my Understanding.
1742–3 Observ. Methodists 14 Fresh Emanations of Divine Light break in upon..my Soul.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ii. 58 Had these lights but broken in upon an earlier period.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. ii. iv. xii. 262 Not the faintest flash of the real state of the case broke in upon her mind.
6. (See quot. 1823).
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > work with bricks [verb (intransitive)] > cut hole in brickwork
to break in1823
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 220 To Break in—To cut or break a hole in brick-work, with the ripping-chisel for inserting timber, etc.
7. In paper-manufacture, to subject (rags) to a process of washing and pulping.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > paper-making > make paper [verb (transitive)] > specific processes
planish1361
calender1513
couch1751
watermarkc1800
part1809
satin1839
re-reel1860
to break in1865
hot press1875
tub-size1880
reslush1938
1865 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 243 They are thoroughly washed and partly pulped; or, as it is technically called, broken in.
8. To bring (virgin land) into cultivation. Also breaking-in. Australian and New Zealand (originally dialect: see Eng. Dial. Dict. and Sc. National Dict.)
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun]
amendment1483
improvement1549
improvinga1563
recoverya1632
mendment1644
cultivation1791
reclaim1799
reclamation1810
intaking1812
redemption1812
clearing1821
reclaimment1852
land reclamation1881
breaking-in1891
greening1955
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)]
ina1387
reclaim1440
improve1523
win1531
mitigate1601
reform1607
stuba1650
regain1652
redeem1671
reduce1726
to bring to1814
to bring in1860
to break in1891
green1967
1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. i. 24 The single-furrow plough is employed to break in the land.
1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. vi. 109 Such results are only expected for a few years after breaking in until the wood ashes left after burning the bush are exhausted.
1939 E. E. Vaile Pioneering Pumice v. 99 I was breaking in some country about two and a half miles from the homestead.
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Feb. 141/1 In many parts of the North Island, farm country still offers a stubborn resistance to breaking-in.
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to break in
b. In Cricket. A ball bowled is said to break when it changes its course after it has pitched: the bowler causes this by his delivery. It is said to break back when it breaks in from the off, to break in, when it breaks from the leg side.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (intransitive)] > motion of ball
to make haste?a1475
twist?1801
cut1816
shoot1816
curl1833
hang1838
work1838
break1847
spin1851
turn1851
bump1856
bite1867
pop1871
swerve1894
to kick up1895
nip1899
swing1900
google1907
move1938
seam1960
to play (hit, etc.) across the line1961
1847 W. Denison Cricketer's Compan. 1846 p. xix The tendency of his bowling is to make the ball break back from the ‘off’, to the ‘leg’.
1866 ‘Capt. R. Crawley’ Cricket 36 A..ball breaking in from the leg-side.
1882 Daily Tel. 17 May Clean bowled by a trimmer from Barnes, the ball apparently breaking back.
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