| 单词 | brakeage |
| 释义 | brakeage in British English (ˈbreɪkɪdʒ) noun the braking power of a vehicle, esp a train brakeage in American English (ˈbreɪkˌɪdʒ) noun 1. the action or application of a brake 2. braking capacity brakeage in American English (ˈbreikɪdʒ) noun 1. the action of a brake or set of brakes, as in stopping a vehicle 2. brakes collectively Word origin [1860–65; brake1 + -age]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, calibrate, mutualism, pop-up, trade name-age is a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech,occurring originally in loanwords from French (voyage; courage) and productive in English with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage; breakage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of”(seepage; wreckage; spoilage), “place of living or business” (parsonage; brokerage), “social standing or relationship” (bondage; marriage; patronage), and “quantity, measure, or charge” (footage; shortage; tonnage; towage) |
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