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单词 break one's mind
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break1 /brāk/

transitive verb (pat broke, archaic brake; pap brōˈken or, less usu, broke)
  1. To divide, part or sever, wholly or partially
  2. To rupture, burst
  3. To shatter, crush
  4. To destroy the continuity or integrity of
  5. To damage (something) so that it fails to work
  6. To interrupt (a fall, journey, etc)
  7. To escape forcibly from (informal)
  8. To make a forced entry to
  9. To bruise or penetrate the surface of
  10. To break a bone in, or separate the bones of
  11. To overcome or wear out
  12. To tame or habituate to obedience (see also break in below)
  13. To crush the spirit of
  14. To cure (of a habit)
  15. To violate (eg a law, promise, bounds or prison)
  16. To set aside (eg a will)
  17. To cut up (an animal's body)
  18. To unfurl
  19. To decipher (a code)
  20. To impart (esp with delicacy)
  21. To make bankrupt
  22. To demote or cashier
  23. To improve on (a particular time, number of strokes, etc for a course or distance)
  24. To arpeggiate (music)
  25. To cause to change from a simple vowel to a diphthong (linguistics)
intransitive verb
  1. To separate
  2. To come apart, or go to pieces, esp suddenly
  3. To give way
  4. To start away, make a sudden burst of speed
  5. To disperse
  6. To burst forth (usu with out)
  7. To force a passage (with out or through)
  8. To pass suddenly into a condition or action (eg into laughter, revolt, sweat, spots; with out)
  9. (of flowers) in plant-breeding, to become variegated or striped
  10. To pause for rest or refreshment
  11. (of eg day, hope, a scene) to come into view, appear suddenly
  12. (of news) suddenly to become generally known
  13. To become bankrupt
  14. (of a boy's voice at puberty) to change suddenly
  15. To collapse
  16. (of a wave) to burst into foam
  17. To sever a connection, friendship (with)
  18. (of a ball) to change direction (cricket, golf)
  19. To break the balls (see below) (snooker, etc)
  20. To change from a simple vowel to a diphthong under influence of a neighbouring sound (linguistics)
  21. (of the weather) to change suddenly, esp after a settled period
  22. (of cloud, etc) to disperse
noun
  1. An act of breaking
  2. The state of being broken
  3. An opening or crack
  4. A discontinuity
  5. A breach in a relationship
  6. A pause, interval or interruption
  7. A pause for rest or refreshment
  8. An instrumental passage or solo in jazz or pop music
  9. A consecutive series of successful strokes (snooker, croquet, etc)
  10. The number of points so scored at snooker, etc
  11. A continuous run of anything
  12. The opening shot in snooker, billiards, etc
  13. The start of a horse race
  14. The deviation of a ball on striking the pitch (cricket)
  15. An instance of breaking service (tennis)
  16. Onset (of the monsoon)
  17. A social blunder (US)
  18. A chance (as in an even break)
  19. A good chance, an opportunity
  20. A piece of luck, good or bad
ORIGIN: OE brecan; Ger brechen

breakˈable adjective

Able to be (easily) broken

noun

(esp in pl) an item that can be (easily) broken

breakˈableness noun

breakˈage noun

  1. The act of breaking or its consequences
  2. The article or quantity broken

breakˈer noun

  1. A person or machine that breaks something
  2. A wave broken on rocks or on the shore
  3. Someone who broadcasts on Citizens' Band radio (slang)

breakˈing noun and adjective

breakˈaway noun

  1. Revolt, defection
  2. Withdrawal, secession
  3. An escape
  4. A sudden attacking movement in various sports
  5. An escape
  6. A stampede or stampeding animal (Aust)

adjective

Having seceded, defected, etc

breakˈback adjective

Crushing

break bad

(chiefly US sl) to turn from a moral way of life to an immoral one

breakˈbeat noun

In house music, etc, a short sample of drum beats or other rhythm taken from old soul or jazz records and repeated to make a new rhythm

breakbone fever noun

Dengue

break crop noun (agriculture)

A crop grown in rotation with cereals

breakˈdance noun

A street dance, usu to sampled music, using some routines drawn from gymnastics

intransitive verb

To perform such a dance

breakˈdancer noun

breakˈdancing noun

breakˈdown noun

  1. A stoppage through accident
  2. Collapse
  3. A nervous breakdown
  4. Disintegration
  5. A vigorous and noisy American dance
  6. The sudden passage of current through an insulating material at a particular voltage (elec eng)
  7. An analysis, investigation of data under different headings

adjective

Assisting after a breakdown, etc, eg breakdown truck or breakdown gang a vehicle or gang that clears and tows away a vehicle after a breakdown or wreckage after an accident

breakdown voltage noun (elec eng)

The potential difference at which breakdown (qv above) occurs

break-even see break even below.

break fee noun (finance)

A payment made by one party in a financial agreement to another in order to escape from the terms of the agreement

breakˈ-front noun and adjective

(a bookcase, wardrobe, etc) having a centre section projecting beyond the two end sections

breakˈ-in noun

An illegal (and sometimes violent) entering of a building

breaking point noun

The point at which a person, relationship, situation, etc breaks down under stress

breaking stress noun (engineering)

The stress necessary to break a material, either in tension or compression

breakˈ-jaw adjective

Very difficult to pronounce accurately

breakˈneck adjective

Headlong, very fast, usu dangerously so

break of day noun

Dawn

breakˈoff noun

A discontinuation, abrupt cessation

breakout see break out below.

break point noun

  1. A point giving a player the opportunity to break service (tennis)
  2. (also breakˈpoint) a point at which a computer program will stop running to allow checking, etc

breakˈ-promise or breakˈ-vow noun (both Shakespeare)

A person who habitually breaks promises or vows

breakˈthrough noun

  1. A forcible passage through a barrier
  2. The solving of a problem, esp scientific, after much effort, opening the way to further developments
  3. Any comparable success

breakthrough bleeding noun

Intermittent discharge of blood from the uterus between menstrual periods

breakˈtime noun

(at school, etc) recess, break between work periods

breakˈ-up noun

  1. Dissolution
  2. Dispersal
  3. An ending of a relationship

break-vow see break-promise above.

breakˈwater noun

A barrier against the force of the waves

breakˈ-wind noun

A windbreak

break a jest

To make a jest, crack a joke

break a lance with

To enter into a contest with

break a leg (theatre)

A phrase used to wish someone good luck

break a record see under record

break a strike see under strike

break away

  1. To make a breakaway
  2. To be scattered, as clouds after a storm

break bread

  1. To have a meal (with)
  2. To administer or take part in Holy Communion (Christianity)

break bulk

  1. To open the hold and take out a portion of the cargo
  2. To begin to use goods supplied in bulk

break camp

To dismantle and pack one's tents, etc

break cover

  1. (of eg a fox) to burst out from concealment
  2. To come out of hiding

break down

  1. To demolish
  2. To crush
  3. To collapse
  4. To be overwhelmed by one's emotions
  5. To suffer a nervous breakdown
  6. To fail completely
  7. To analyse

break even

  1. To avoid making a loss but fail to make a profit
  2. To reach the point at which revenue equals costs (breakˈeven noun and adjective)

break forth

To burst out, issue

break free see break loose below.

break ground see under ground1

break in

  1. (also break) to tame or accustom (an animal) to obedience
  2. To make (shoes, etc) less stiff by use

break in, in on or into

  1. To enter violently
  2. To interpose abruptly

breaking and entering

Housebreaking, illegal entry into property

break into

  1. To begin to use up or spend (something held in reserve, a large denomination note, etc)
  2. To begin an activity suddenly, eg song, laughter

break it down (Aust inf)

Stop it!

break loose or free

  1. To extricate oneself forcibly
  2. To break through all restraint

break no squares

To make no difference, do no harm, matter little

break off

  1. To detach by breaking
  2. To put an abrupt end to
  3. To leave off or stop abruptly

break one's mind (obsolete)

To communicate one's thoughts to someone

break out

  1. To appear suddenly
  2. To break through all restraint
  3. To escape (breakˈout noun)
  4. To become active suddenly
  5. To become covered with (a rash, etc; with in)

break service or break someone's serve (tennis, etc)

To win a game in which one's opponent is serving

break sheer

(of a ship riding at anchor) to be forced by wind or tide out of a position clear of the anchor

break someone's heart

To crush someone emotionally, esp by failing them in love

break the balls (or simply break)

  1. To open the game by striking one of the red balls (snooker)
  2. To open the game by striking the red ball or giving a miss, or to continue the game this way when a similar position occurs (billiards)

break the ice (figurative)

To get through first difficulties, esp restraint on first meeting

break through

To make a breakthrough

break up

  1. To break open
  2. To break in pieces
  3. To go to pieces
  4. To put an end to
  5. To disperse, to part
  6. To end a relationship
  7. (of a school) to close for the holidays
  8. To dig or plough up
  9. To disconcert or upset (informal)
  10. To make helpless with laughter (informal)

break upon the wheel (historical)

To punish by stretching on a wheel and breaking the bones

break wind

To let out flatulence from the bowels

break with

  1. To cease relations with, esp to quarrel with
  2. To cease adherence to (tradition, a habit)

make a break for

To bolt towards

mind /mīnd/

noun
  1. The state of thought and feeling
  2. Wits, right senses, sanity
  3. Consciousness
  4. Intellect
  5. That which thinks, knows, feels, and wills
  6. Inclination
  7. Attention
  8. Direction of the will
  9. Soul
  10. Personality
  11. A thinking or directing person
  12. Memory
  13. Commemoration (archaic or RC)
  14. Record, mention (obsolete)
  15. Thought
  16. Judgement
  17. Opinion
  18. Purpose (Shakespeare and Milton)
transitive verb
  1. To attend to
  2. To tend, have care or oversight of
  3. To be careful about
  4. To beware of
  5. To remind (archaic and Scot)
  6. To bring to mind (Spenser)
  7. To remember (Scot)
  8. (reflexive) to remember (with of; archaic)
  9. To purpose (Shakespeare)
  10. To have a mind to (dialect)
  11. To apply oneself to
  12. To be troubled by, object to, dislike
  13. To notice (obsolete or dialect)
intransitive verb
  1. To attend
  2. To care
  3. To look out, take heed
  4. To be troubled, object
  5. To remember (with of; dialect)
interjection

Be careful, watch out

ORIGIN: OE gemynd, from munan to think; Dan minde memorial, L mēns the mind

mindˈed adjective

  1. Inclined
  2. Disposed
combining form

Denoting having a mind of a specified kind or inclination

-mindedness combining form

Denoting inclination

mindˈer noun

  1. A person who minds a machine, child, etc
  2. A bodyguard, orig and esp of a criminal (slang)
  3. An aide or adviser employed by a public figure, esp to manage publicity (informal)
  4. A child left to be minded (archaic)
  5. A short wooden stick used by a child to propel a hoop

mindˈful adjective

  1. Bearing in mind
  2. Taking thought or care
  3. Attentive
  4. Observant
  5. Having memory (archaic)
  6. Inclined (obsolete)

mindˈfully adverb

mindˈfulness noun

A method of reducing stress by developing awareness of one's own mental condition and focusing the attention on the present

mindˈing noun (Scot)

  1. A memory, something recalled
  2. A usu small gift, to mark an occasion or in remembrance of the giver

mindˈless adjective

  1. Without mind
  2. Senseless, without reason
  3. Unmindful

mindˈlessly adverb

mindˈlessness noun

mindˈ-altering adjective

(of a drug) causing violent changes of mood and behaviour

mindˈ-bender noun

A brainteaser, a puzzle

mindˈ-bending adjective

  1. Mind-boggling
  2. Forcing the mind to unwonted effort, teasing the brain
  3. Permanently inclining the mind towards certain beliefs, etc

mindˈ-blowing adjective

  1. (of a drug) producing a state of ecstasy
  2. (of an experience, etc) producing a similar state, exhilarating
  3. Astonishing

mindˈ-blowingly adverb

mind-bodˈy adjective

Relating to or designating the connection between the mind and the physical body

mindˈ-boggling adjective

  1. Astonishing
  2. Incomprehensible

mindˈ-bogglingly adverb

mindˈ-cure or mindˈ-healing noun

The cure or healing of mental or physical illness through the mind or by the supposed influence of another's mind

mindˈ-curer or mindˈ-healer noun

mindˈ-expanding adjective

(of a drug) causing heightened perception, psychedelic

mindˈfuck noun (vulgar sl)

  1. An exhilarating experience
  2. A sense or state of euphoria

mind mapping noun

A technique for stimulating and organizing one's thoughts by writing down key concepts and linking them with lines to show the relationships between them

mindˈ-numbing adjective (informal)

Causing extreme boredom

mindˈ-numblingly adverb

mindˈ-reader noun

A thought-reader, a psychic

mindˈ-reading noun

mindˈset noun

(a fixed) attitude or habit of mind

mind's eye noun

Visual imagination, mental view, contemplation

mind-your-own-busˈiness noun

A Mediterranean plant (Helxine soleirolii) of the nettle family, having small, roundish leaves and producing tiny flowers (also called baby's-tears)

absence of mind

Inattention to what is going on owing to absorption of the mind in other things

bear in mind see under bear1

blow one's or someone's mind see under blow1

break one's mind (obsolete)

To make known, confide or divulge one's thoughts

cast one's mind back

To think about, try to recall past events, etc

change one's mind

To come to a new resolution or opinion

cross someone's mind see under cross

do you mind?

  1. An interjection expressing annoyance or disagreement
  2. (also would you mind?) do you object?

have a good or (archaic) great mind (to)

To wish or to be inclined strongly (to)

have a mind of one's own

To be strong-willed and independent, unwilling to be persuaded or dissuaded by others

have half a mind (to)

To be somewhat inclined (to)

if you don't mind

If you have no objection

in (or of) two minds

Wavering, undecided

know one's own mind

  1. To be sure of one's intentions and opinions
  2. To be self-assured

make up one's mind

To come to a decision

mind one's p's and q's

To be watchfully accurate and punctilious

mind out

(often with for) to beware (of), look out (for)

mind you

An expression used to introduce a qualification added to something already said

mind your eye (slang)

Look out

mind your own business

This is not your concern

month's mind

  1. A commemoration by masses one month after death or burial
  2. A strong desire or inclination

never mind

  1. Do not concern yourself or be upset
  2. It does not matter
  3. You are not to be told

of one (or a, or the same) mind

In accord, agreed

of two minds

Uncertain what to think or do

on one's mind

In one's thoughts, esp as a cause of concern

out of mind

  1. Forgotten
  2. Out of one's thoughts

out of one's mind

Mad

piece of one's mind see under piece

presence of mind

A state of mental calmness in which all the powers of the mind are on the alert and ready for action

put in mind (of)

To remind (of)

put out of one's mind

To think no more about, forget about

set one's mind on

To be determined to have or attain

set or put one's mind to

To focus one's attention on

speak one's mind

To say plainly what one thinks

take someone's mind off

To distract someone from

time out of mind

From time immemorial

to my, etc mind

  1. To my, etc thinking, in my, etc opinion
  2. To my, etc liking

year's mind

A commemorative service on the anniversary of a death or burial
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