单词 | break off |
释义 | break off (once / 476 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY break off: breaking off, breaks off, broke off, broken off+/breaking off: breakings off USAGE EXAMPLESYou break off a piece of the meat, top it with a bit of the salty greens, and tuck it into a fluffy bun. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) He says he found a key intentionally broken off inside the lock of his shop. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) “He’s hurt. One of his antlers is broken off,” said Mr. DeMaio, 49, an artist. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1 1v interrupt before its natural or planned end Syn|Hypo|Hyper break short, cut short hang up interrupt a telephone conversation break, interrupt terminate 2v prevent completion 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper break, 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 breakinterrupt the flow of current in put aside, put awayturn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily break, 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 1v break off (a piece from a whole) Syn|Hypo|Hyper break away, chip, chip off, come off flake, flake off, peel, peel off come off in flakes or thin small pieces exfoliatecome off in a very thin piece divide, part, separate come apart 2v break a piece from a whole Syn|Hyper break, snap off detach cause to become detached or separated; take off 3v break a small piece off from Syn|Hyper chip, cut off, knap cut separate with or as if with an instrument |
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