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单词 break the ice
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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

ice /īs/

noun
  1. Frozen water
  2. Any substance resembling this, esp any liquid or gaseous substance reduced to a solid state by freezing
  3. A portion of ice-cream or water ice
  4. Reserve, formality
  5. Coldness of manner
  6. Diamond(s) or other precious stone(s) (slang)
  7. An illicit drug, a highly synthesized form of methamphetamine (drug sl)
adjective

Of ice

transitive verb (icˈing; iced)
  1. To cool with ice
  2. To cover with icing
  3. To kill (US criminal sl)
intransitive verb
  1. To freeze
  2. To become covered with ice (with up, over, etc)
ORIGIN: OE īs; ON īss; Ger Eis, Dan is

iced /īst/ adjective

  1. Covered with or cooled with ice
  2. Coated or topped with icing

iˈcer noun

A person who makes or applies icing

icˈily adverb

icˈiness noun

icˈing noun

  1. (a coating of) concreted sugar
  2. The formation of ice, eg on roads, aircraft, ships, etc

icˈy adjective

  1. Composed of, covered with, or like ice
  2. Frosty
  3. Cold
  4. Chilling
  5. (of manner) without warmth, distant, hostile
adverb

In an icy manner

iceˈ-action noun

The action of glaciers and land ice on the earth's surface

ice age noun (geology)

Any time when a great part of the earth's surface has been covered with ice, esp (often with caps) that in the Pleistocene epoch

ice anchor noun

An anchor with a single arm for mooring to an ice floe, etc

ice apron noun

A structure on the upstream side of a bridge pier to break or ward off floating ice

ice axe noun

An axe used by mountain-climbers to cut footholds in ice or compacted snow

ice bag noun

A waterproof bag filled with or for carrying ice

iceˈball noun

A game, similar to basketball, played by two teams of players on ice

ice beer noun

Beer brewed using a process that freezes the beer and then removes some of the ice, so increasing the alcoholic content

iceˈberg noun

  1. (from Scand or Du) a huge mass of ice, floating in the sea, which has broken away from a glacier, ice barrier, etc
  2. A cold and unemotional person (esp US informal)
  3. A type of crisp lettuce with tightly-packed light-green leaves (also iceberg lettuce)

iceˈblink noun

A glare in the sky caused by light reflected from distant masses of ice

ice block noun (Aust and NZ)

An ice lolly

iceˈ-blue noun and adjective

(a) very pale blue

iceˈboat noun

  1. A boat for forcing a way through ice, an icebreaker
  2. A craft mounted on runners for moving over ice (also ice yacht)

iceˈbound adjective

(of a ship, etc) covered, surrounded or immobilized by ice

iceˈbox noun

  1. The freezing compartment of a refrigerator
  2. A refrigerator (old US)
  3. An insulated box packed with ice, used for storing and carrying cold food and drink

iceˈbreaker noun

  1. A ship for breaking channels through ice
  2. Anything for breaking ice
  3. Something or someone that breaks down reserve between a group or gathering of people

iceˈbreaking adjective

ice bucket noun

  1. An insulated container for holding ice cubes to be used in drinks
  2. A receptacle partially filled with ice, used for cooling bottles of wine

iceˈ-calk same as frost-nail (see under frost).

iceˈcap noun

A permanent covering of ice over the polar regions of a planet, a mountain-top, etc

iceˈ-cold adjective

Cold as, or like, ice

ice colours plural noun (chem)

Dyestuffs produced on cotton fibre by a solution of diazo-salt cooled with ice interacting with a second component

ice contact slope noun (geology)

The steep slope of material deposited at the ice front of a glacier and in contact with it

ice craft noun

Skill in travelling over or through ice

ice cream noun

A sweet frozen food containing cream, or one of various substitutes, and flavouring (iceˈ-cream soda carbonated water with ice cream added)

ice cube noun

A small cube of ice used for cooling drinks, etc

ice dance or ice dancing noun

A form of ice-skating based on the movements of ballroom dancing

ice dancer noun

ice diving noun

Scuba diving below the surface of frozen water

iced tea or ice tea noun

Chilled sweetened tea flavoured eg with lemon

iced water noun

Drinking water chilled with ice

ice fall noun

  1. A fall of ice
  2. A steep broken place in a glacier

ice fern noun

A fern-like encrustation on a window in frost

iceˈfield noun

A large flat area of land covered with ice or an area of sea covered with floating ice

ice fish noun

  1. The capelin
  2. Any percoid Antarctic fish of the family Channichthyidiae

ice floe noun

A large sheet of ice floating in the sea

iceˈ-foot noun

A belt of ice forming round the coast in Arctic regions (also iceˈ-belt or iceˈ-ledge)

iceˈ-free adjective

Without ice

ice front noun

The front face of a glacier

ice hill noun

A slope of ice for tobogganing

ice hilling noun

ice hockey noun

A game played by two teams on an ice rink, in which players equipped with skates and long sticks try to drive a flat puck into their opponent's goal

ice house noun

(esp formerly) a building for storing ice in

ice lolly noun

A lollipop consisting of water ice on a stick

ice machine noun

A machine for making ice in large quantities

ice man noun (esp US)

  1. A man who sells or delivers ice
  2. A jewel thief (slang)
  3. A professional killer, a hitman (criminal sl)

iceˈpack noun

  1. Drifting ice packed together, pack ice
  2. An ice-filled bag for applying to a part of the body to reduce swelling (medicine)
  3. A gel-filled pack that remains frozen for long periods, for use in a cool box, etc

ice pan noun

A slab of floating ice

ice pick noun

A tool with a pointed end used for splitting ice

ice plant noun

A flowering plant (Mesembrianthemum or Dorotheanthus) whose succulent leaves are covered with fine hairs which give them a glistening, sugary appearance

ice point noun

The temperature (0ºCelsius or 32ºFahrenheit) at which ice is at equilibrium with water in liquid form at a pressure of one atmosphere

ice rink noun

A skating rink of ice

ice run noun

A tobogganing slide

ice sheet noun

A thick sheet of ice covering a large area of land, esp an entire region, as in ice ages

ice shelf noun

A floating sheet of ice permanently attached to a land mass and projecting into the sea

ice show noun

An entertainment or exhibition provided by skaters on ice

ice skate noun

A skate for moving on ice (see skate1)

iceˈ-skate intransitive verb

iceˈ-skater noun

iceˈ-skating noun

ice spar noun

A clear glassy orthoclase

iceˈstone see cryolite under cryo-

ice storm noun

A storm of freezing rain

ice tea see iced tea above.

ice track noun

A frozen track used in speedskating

ice water noun

Water formed from melted ice

ice worm noun

A species of oligochaete found on glaciers in Alaska, etc

ice yacht see iceboat above.

icing sugar noun

Sugar in the form of a very fine powder, for icing cakes, etc

icˈy-pearled adjective (Milton)

Studded with pearls or spangles of ice

break the ice

  1. To break through the barrier of reserve or inhibition on first meeting
  2. To move to restore friendly relations after a period of hostility

cut no ice

  1. To count for nothing
  2. To have no effect

dry ice

Solid carbon dioxide, which changes directly into vapour at −78.5ºCelsius, and is chiefly used for refrigeration, but is also exploited in the theatre, the dense, swirling, floor-level white cloud it produces on evaporation creating a spectacular stage-effect

ice out (figurative)

To exclude (someone) from one's company by ignoring him or her

icing on the cake

Anything that is a desirable addition to something already satisfactory

on ice (figurative)

  1. Kept, or waiting in readiness
  2. Postponed
  3. In prison, esp in solitary confinement (US prison sl)

put on ice

To put into abeyance, to suspend

(skate) on thin ice

(to be) in a delicate, difficult or potentially embarrassing situation

tip of the iceberg

  1. The top of an iceberg, visible above the water, most of it being invisible below the surface
  2. Hence, the small obvious part of a much larger problem, etc (figurative)
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