| 单词 | fracture |
| 释义 | fracture —fracturable, adj. —fractural, adj. —fracturer, n. /frak"cheuhr/, n. , v. , fractured, fracturing. n. 1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Cf. comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture. 2. the act of breaking; state of being broken. 3. a break, breach, or split. 4. the characteristic manner of breaking: a material of unpredictable fracture. 5. the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral. v.t. 6. to cause or to suffer a fracture in (a bone, etc.). 7. to break or crack. 8. Slang. to amuse highly or cause to laugh heartily; delight: The new comic really fractured the audience. v.i. 9. to become fractured; break: a mineral that does not fracture easily. [1375-1425; late ME < MF < L fractura a breach, cleft, fracture, equiv. to fract(us) (ptp. of frangere to BREAK) + -ura -URE] Syn. 7. smash, shatter, splinter, rupture, split. |
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