| 单词 | break |
| 释义 | break (once / 16 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v 4vn 5vn 6vn 7vn 8n 9n 10v 11v When you break something, you ruin it. When you take a break, you stop and rest. If you play catch during your lunch break, try not to break any windows. The verb break means to fracture or crack or destroy something while the noun refers to an interruption or a little time off. To "break the ice" is to warm up a conversation that's a little awkward or cold because the people involved don't know one another. In theater, the superstitious saying "break a leg" is a way of wishing "good luck" without jinxing someone — strange, but true. WORD FAMILYbreak: breakable, breakage, breaker, breaking, breaks, broke, broken+/breakable: breakability, breakableness, breakables, unbreakable/breakage: breakages/breaker: breakers/breaking: breakings/broke: brokest/broken: brokenest, brokenly, unbroken/unbreakable: unbreakableness, unbreakably/unbroken: unbrokenly USAGE EXAMPLESResnais was a director of documentaries about art, whose turn to fiction filmmaking coincided with the breaking of the New Wave. The New Yorker(Jan 03, 2017) Today, Fletcher Bowron Square, at the mall’s north end, is frequented primarily by homeless people who seem untroubled by its broken pavement and dying landscaping. Los Angeles Times(Jan 03, 2017) “If a mob breaks in, they will do terrible things,” Swani said he told her and her mother. Los Angeles Times(Jan 03, 2017) 1 1v destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments He broke the glass plate She broke the match Syn|Hypo|Hyper come apart, fall apart, separate, split up become separated into pieces or fragments shatter cause to break into many pieces fracturebreak into pieces break inbreak so as to fall inward dash, smashbreak into pieces, as by striking or knocking over stave inbreak in the staves (of) blast, knock downshatter as if by explosion divide, separate make a division or separation 2v weaken or destroy in spirit or body His resistance was broken a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death Hyper weaken lessen the strength of 3v destroy the completeness of a set of related items The book dealer would not break the set Syn|Hyper break up alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 4v break a piece from a whole break a branch from a tree Syn|Hyper break off, snap off detach cause to become detached or separated; take off 5v fracture a bone of I broke my foot while playing hockey Syn|Hyper fracture fracture break (a bone) injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to 6v become separated into pieces or fragments The figurine broke Syn|Hypo|Hyper come apart, fall apart, separate, split up break open, burst, split come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure puncturebe pierced or punctured burst, bustbreak open or apart suddenly and forcefully smashbreak suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow ladder, runcome unraveled or undone as if by snagging crack, snapbreak suddenly and abruptly, as under tension break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentizebreak or cause to break into pieces crushbecome injured, broken, or distorted by pressure popburst open with a sharp, explosive sound blowburst suddenly stave, stave inburst or force (a hole) into something atomise, atomizebreak up into small particles bray, comminute, crunch, grind, mashreduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading poundbreak down and crush by beating, as with a pestle shatterbreak into many pieces sunderbreak apart or in two, using violence sliver, splinterbreak up into splinters or slivers ragbreak into lumps before sorting crumbbreak into crumbs brecciatebreak into breccia crushbreak into small pieces grate, grindmake a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together change integrity change in physical make-up 7v scatter or part The clouds broke after the heavy downpour Hyper disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out move away from each other 8v go to pieces The lawn mower finally broke Syn|Hypo|Hyper bust, fall apart, wear, wear out bust ruin completely fray, frazzle wear away by rubbing crumble, decay, dilapidate fall into decay or ruin 9v become fractured; break or crack on the surface only Syn|Hypo|Hyper check, crack check, chink make cracks or chinks in crackcause to become cracked crack break partially but keep its integrity chapcrack due to dehydration crazedevelop a fine network of cracks alligatorcrack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 10v render inoperable or ineffective You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart! Syn|Hyper break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad stop operating or functioning damage inflict damage upon 11v cause the failure or ruin of His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage This play will either make or break the playwright Ant|Hyper make assure the success of ruin destroy or cause to fail 12v ruin completely Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bust bust, fall apart, wear, wear out go to pieces bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken break down cause to fall or collapse destroy, ruin destroy completely; damage irreparably 13v reduce to bankruptcy My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me! Syn|Hyper bankrupt, ruin, smash impoverish make poor 14v invalidate by judicial action The will was broken Hyper annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void declare invalid 15v break down, literally or metaphorically The dam broke Syn|Hypo|Hyper cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way abandon, give up stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims burst, collapsecause to burst go off, implode burst inward buckle, crumplefold or collapse flopfall loosely sink, slide down, slumpfall or sink heavily change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 16v fall sharply stock prices broke Hyper decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 17v curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves The surf broke Hyper cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way break down, literally or metaphorically 18v act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises break a law break a promise Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper breach, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate keep, observe conform one's action or practice to sin, transgress, trespass commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sincommit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake conflict, contravene, infringe, run afoulgo against, as of rules and laws trespassbreak the law intrude, trespassenter unlawfully on someone's property fallyield to temptation or sin break inenter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act disrespect show a lack of respect for 19v fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns Syn|Ant|Hypo go against, violate conform to observe fly in the face of, fly in the teeth of go against 20v make submissive, obedient, or useful The horse was tough to break I broke in the new intern Syn|Hyper break in domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable 21v be broken in If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress Syn|Hyper break in make submissive, obedient, or useful change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 22v assign to a lower position; reduce in rank He was broken down to Sergeant Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade give a promotion to or assign to a higher position sideline remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position reducebring to humbler or weaker state or condition assign, delegate, depute, designate give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) 23v lessen in force or effect break a fall Syn|Hypo|Hyper damp, dampen, soften, weaken deafen make soundproof damp, dampen, deadenmake vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible blunt, deaden make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation 24v exchange for smaller units of money I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy Syn|Hyper break up destroy the completeness of a set of related items change, commute, convert, exchange exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category 25n the act of breaking something Syn|Hypo|Hyper breakage, breaking rupture the act of making a sudden noisy break shattering, smashingthe act of breaking something into small pieces crack, cracking, fracturethe act of cracking something chip, chipping, splinteringthe act of chipping something change of integrity the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something 26n the occurrence of breaking the break in the dam threatened the valley Hypo|Hyper snap a sudden breaking breakup, detachment, separation coming apart 27n breaking of hard tissue such as bone the break seems to have been caused by a fall Syn|Hypo|Hyper fracture comminuted fracture fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed complete fracturebreak involving the entire width of the bone compound fracture, open fracturebone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound compression fracturefracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae) depressed fracturefracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in displaced fracturefracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another fatigue fracture, stress fracturefracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury capillary fracture, hairline fracturea fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin incomplete fracturefracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone impacted fracturefracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end closed fracture, simple fracturean uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin greenstick fracturea partial fracture of a bone (usually in children); the bone is bent but broken on only one side harm, hurt, injury, trauma any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. 28n (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift Denali Fault a major open geological fault in Alaska San Andreas Faulta major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other strike-slip faulta geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally common fault, gravity fault, normal faultan inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall overthrust fault, reverse fault, thrust faulta geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure a long narrow opening 1v interrupt a continued activity She had broken with the traditional patterns Syn|Hyper break away break up, part, separate, split, split up discontinue an association or relation; go different ways 2v come to an end The heat wave finally broke yesterday Hyper cease, end, finish, stop, terminate have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical 3v stop operating or functioning The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town The coffee maker broke Syn|Hypo|Hyper break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life crash, go down stop operating blow, blow out, burn outmelt, break, or become otherwise unusable misfirefail to fire or detonate malfunction, misfunctionfail to function or function improperly jamget stuck and immobilized change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 4v terminate break a lucky streak break the cycle of poverty Syn|Hypo|Hyper interrupt hold on, stop stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments break off, break short, cut shortinterrupt before its natural or planned end freeze, suspendstop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it hang upinterrupt a telephone conversation end, terminate bring to an end or halt 5v prevent completion break off the negotiations Syn|Hypo|Hyper break off, discontinue, stop fracture become fractured bog, bog downget stuck while doing something break up, cut off, disrupt, interruptmake a break in cut, cut offcease, stop punctuateinterrupt periodically put aside, put awayturn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily intermit, pausecease an action temporarily barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put inbreak into a conversation burst in on, burst uponspring suddenly hecklechallenge aggressively come in, inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw into insert between other elements block, jaminterfere with or prevent the reception of signals stop, stop overinterrupt a trip take off, take time offtake time off from work; stop working temporarily end, terminate bring to an end or halt 6v discontinue an association or relation; go different ways The business partners broke over a tax question Syn|Hypo break up, part, separate, split, split up give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate terminate a relationship abruptly break apart, disunifybreak up or separate disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorcepart; cease or break association with break withend a relationship divorce, split upget a divorce; formally terminate a marriage break away, secede, splinterwithdraw from an organization or communion break awayinterrupt a continued activity 7v cease an action temporarily let's break for lunch Syn|Hypo|Hyper intermit, pause breathe, catch one's breath, rest, take a breather take a short break from one's activities in order to relax take fivetake a break for five minutes take tentake a ten minute break break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt make a break in 8v diminish or discontinue abruptly The patient's fever broke last night Hyper decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 9v cause to give up a habit She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes 10v give up break cigarette smoking Hyper cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop put an end to a state or an activity 11v vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity The flat plain was broken by tall mesas Hyper alter, change, vary become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence 12v interrupt the flow of current in break a circuit Hyper break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt make a break in 13n some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity there was a break in the action when a player was hurt Syn|Hypo|Hyper interruption dislocation, disruption an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity punctuationsomething that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspensionan interruption in the intensity or amount of something eclipse, occultationone celestial body obscures another defervescenceabatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature solar eclipsethe moon interrupts light from the sun lunar eclipsethe earth interrupts light shining on the moon total eclipsean eclipse as seen from a place where the eclipsed body is completely obscured partial eclipsean eclipse in which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured remission, remittal, subsidencean abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent an event that happens 14n an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity it was presented without commercial breaks Syn|Hypo|Hyper disruption, gap, interruption cut-in, insert (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film cut-in, insert(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program interjection, interpellation, interpolation, interpositionthe action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts abruption, breaking offan instance of sudden interruption barracking, hecklingshouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree delay, holdup the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time 15n a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something Syn|Hypo|Hyper intermission, interruption, pause, suspension lapse a break or intermission in the occurrence of something blackouta suspension of radio or tv broadcasting caesuraa pause or interruption (as in a conversation) dead airan inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound delay, hold, postponement, time lag, waittime during which some action is awaited halftimean intermission between the first and second half of a game relief, respite, rest, rest perioda pause for relaxation time-outa brief suspension of play letup, lulla pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished extensiona mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing timea short respite moratoriuma legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged retardationthe extent to which something is delayed or held back interval, time interval a definite length of time marked off by two instants 16n a pause from doing something (as work) we took a 10-minute break Syn|Hypo|Hyper recess, respite, time out spring break a week or more of recess during the spring term at school pause temporary inactivity 17n a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) 3they hoped to avoid a break in relations Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper breach, falling out, rift, rupture, severance Great Schism the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon schism the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences breakup, detachment, separation coming apart 1v become punctured or penetrated The skin broke 2v pierce or penetrate The blade broke her skin Hyper penetrate, perforate pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance 3v enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act Someone broke in while I was on vacation They broke into my car and stole my radio! who broke into my account last night? Syn|Hypo|Hyper break in crack gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions intrude, trespass enter unlawfully on someone's property 4v force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up break into tears Syn|Hyper burst, erupt express emotion, express feelings give verbal or other expression to one's feelings 5v find a flaw in break an alibi break down a proof Hyper destroy, ruin destroy completely; damage irreparably 6v find the solution or key to break the code Hyper figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work, work out find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of 7v surpass in excellence break a record Syn|Hyper better exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass be or do something to a greater degree 8v emerge from the surface of a body of water 4The whales broke Hyper appear come into sight or view 1v move away or escape suddenly The horses broke from the stable Three inmates broke jail Nobody can break out--this prison is high security Syn|Hyper break away, break out break loose, escape, get away run away from confinement 2v change directions suddenly Hyper change, shift, switch lay aside, abandon, or leave for another 3v make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing The ranks broke Syn|Hyper break away, break out move away or escape suddenly flee, fly, take flight run away quickly 4n a sudden dash he made a break for the open door Hypo|Hyper fast break (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball dash, sprint a quick run 5n an escape from jail 5Syn|Hyper breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak escape, flight the act of escaping physically 1v happen or take place Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months Hyper come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place come to pass 2v happen Syn|Hyper develop, recrudesce develop be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place come to pass 3v come into being light broke over the horizon Voices broke in the air Hyper become, get, go enter or assume a certain state or condition 4v come forth or begin from a state of latency The first winter storm broke over New York Hyper come forth, emerge happen or occur as a result of something 5v be released or become known; of news News of her death broke in the morning Syn|Hypo get around, get out bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret leak, leak out be leaked 6v make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret he broke the news to her Syn|Hypo|Hyper bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap get around, get out be released or become known; of news blackwash bring (information) out of concealment muckrakeexplore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures blowcause to be revealed and jeopardized outreveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle come out, come out of the closet, outto state openly and publicly one's homosexuality springproduce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly betray, bewrayreveal unintentionally confidereveal in private; tell confidentially leaktell anonymously babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattledivulge confidential information or secrets revealdisclose directly or through prophets relieve, unbosomrelieve oneself of troubling information tell let something be known 7n an unexpected piece of good luck 6he finally got his big break Syn|Hyper good luck, happy chance accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause 1v change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children Hyper change, shift, switch lay aside, abandon, or leave for another 2v crack; of the male voice in puberty his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir Hyper change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 3v undergo breaking The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages Hyper diphthongise, diphthongize change from a simple vowel to a diphthong 4n an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion) 7then there was a break in her voice Hyper alteration, change, modification an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another 1v make the opening shot that scatters the balls Hyper shoot throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective 2n the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool 8Hyper shot, stroke (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand n (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving 9he was up two breaks in the second set Syn|Hyper break of serve score the act of scoring in a game or sport n any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare 10the break in the eighth frame cost him the match Syn|Hyper open frame score the act of scoring in a game or sport v separate from a clinch, in boxing 11The referee broke the boxers Hyper disunite, divide, part, separate force, take, or pull apart v do a break dance Kids were break-dancing at the street corner Syn|Hyper break dance, break-dance dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance |
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