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brakes
brake 1 B0450700 (brāk)n.1. A device for slowing or stopping motion, as of a vehicle, especially by contact friction.2. Something that slows or stops action.v. braked, brak·ing, brakes v.tr. To reduce the speed of with or as if with a brake.v.intr.1. To operate or apply a brake.2. To be slowed or stopped by or as if by the operation of a brake.
[Early Modern English brake, bridle, curb (for a horse), perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, nose ring, curb, flax brake; see brake2.]
brake 2 B0450700 (brāk)n.1. A toothed device for crushing and beating flax or hemp.2. A heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth.3. An apparatus for kneading large amounts of dough.4. A machine for bending and folding sheet metal.tr.v. braked, brak·ing, brakes 1. To crush (flax or hemp) in a toothed device.2. To break up (clods of earth) with a harrow.
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch, from Middle Low German; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
brake 3 B0450700 (brāk)n. A lever or handle on a machine such as a pump.
[Middle English, from Old French brac, from oblique form of bras, arm; see bracer2.]
brake 4 B0450700 (brāk)n.1. Any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants.2. Any of certain other ferns, such as bracken.
[Middle English, probably back-formation from braken; see bracken.]
brake 5 B0450700 (brāk)n. An area overgrown with dense brushwood, briers, and undergrowth; a thicket.
[Middle English, from Middle Low German; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
brake 6 B0450700 (brāk)n. also break A high horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.v. Archaic A past tense of break.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  brakes - a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehiclebrake systembrake - a restraint used to slow or stop a vehiclebrake band - a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotationhydraulic brake, hydraulic brakes - brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder; brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoesautomotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on railsbrake light, stoplight - a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop |
Translations- Does the bike have brakes? → 这辆自行车有刹车吗？
- Does the bike have coaster brakes? (US)
Does the bike have back-pedal brakes? (UK) → 这辆自行车有脚踏回转刹车功能吗？ - The brakes don't work → 刹车不灵
- The brakes aren't working (US)
The brakes are not working (UK) → 刹车不灵了
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Related to brakes: Disc brakes, hydraulic brakes, drum brakesSynonyms for brakesnoun a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicleSynonymsRelated Words- brake
- brake band
- hydraulic brake
- hydraulic brakes
- automotive vehicle
- motor vehicle
- brake light
- stoplight
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