| 释义 |
breakup
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: break up
1. : a disruption or dissolution into component parts : an ending as an effective entity
< the breakup of the empire >
< the breakup of a political party >
< the breakup of a marriage >
2. : division into smaller units
< the breakup of the large estates >
3. : the breaking, melting, and loosening of ice in streams and harbors in the spring
4. : decomposition, disintegration
5. : an excavation upward to the arch level made in tunneling from bottom drifts to provide a new face |