| 单词 | broken |
| 释义 | broken (once / 49 pages) 1adj 2adj 3adj WORD FAMILY broken: brokenest, brokenly, unbroken+/break: breakable, breakage, breaker, breaking, breaks, broke, broken/breakable: breakability, breakableness, breakables, unbreakable/breakage: breakages/breaker: breakers/breaking: breakings/broke: brokest/unbreakable: unbreakableness, unbreakably/unbroken: unbrokenly USAGE EXAMPLESToday, 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) Oakland already was without its quarterback and league MVP candidate, Derek Carr, after he suffered a broken bone in his leg. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) We step gingerly over a girl sitting to fix her broken shoe. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split a broken mirror a broken tooth a broken leg his neck is broken Syn|Ant damaged harmed or injured or spoiled injuredharmed imperfectnot perfect; defective or inadequate unsoundnot sound financially unbroken not broken; whole and intact; in one piece undamagednot harmed or spoiled; sound uninjurednot injured physically or mentally perfectbeing complete of its kind and without defect or blemish soundfinancially secure and safe 2adj lacking a part or parts a broken set of encyclopedia Syn incomplete, uncomplete not complete or total; not completed 3adj out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken') 2a broken washing machine the coke machine is broken Syn busted damaged harmed or injured or spoiled 1adj not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly broken lines of defense a broken cable transmission broken sleep tear off the stub above the broken line a broken note broken sobs Syn|Ant broken-field varying in direction suddenly and frequently dashed, dottedhaving gaps or spaces fitful, interrupted, off-and-onintermittently stopping and starting haltingfragmentary or halting from emotional strain discontinuous, noncontinuousnot continuing without interruption in time or space unbroken marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence soliduninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks uninterruptedhaving undisturbed continuity continuous, uninterruptedcontinuing in time or space without interruption 2adj discontinuous broken clouds broken sunshine Syn distributed spread out or scattered about or divided up 3adj topographically very uneven broken terrain Syn rugged rough, unsmooth having or caused by an irregular surface 4adj imperfectly spoken or written broken English Syn imperfect not perfect; defective or inadequate 5adj (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded 3broken (or unkept) promises broken contracts Syn|Ant unkept kept, unbroken (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded 1adj weakened and infirm broken health resulting from alcoholism Syn impaired diminished in strength, quality, or utility 2adj subdued or brought low in condition or status a broken man his broken spirit Syn crushed, humbled, humiliated, low humble marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful 3adj thrown into a state of disarray or confusion troops fleeing in broken ranks Syn confused, disordered, upset disorganised, disorganized lacking order or methodical arrangement or function 4adj tamed or trained to obey a horse broken to the saddle this old nag is well broken in Syn broken in tame, tamed brought from wildness into a domesticated state 5adj destroyed financially the broken fortunes of the family Syn impoverished, wiped out destroyed spoiled or ruined or demolished |
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