| 单词 | broken |
| 释义 | broken —brokenly, adv. —brokenness, n. /broh"keuhn/, v. 1. pp. of break. adj. 2. reduced to fragments; fragmented. 3. ruptured; torn; fractured. 4. not functioning properly; out of working order. 5. Meteorol. (of sky cover) being more than half, but not totally, covered by clouds. Cf. scattered (def. 4). 6. changing direction abruptly: The fox ran in a broken line. 7. fragmentary or incomplete: a broken ton of coal weighing 1,500 pounds. 8. infringed or violated: A broken promise is a betrayal of trust. 9. interrupted, disrupted, or disconnected: After the phone call he returned to his broken sleep. 10. weakened in strength, spirit, etc.: His broken health was due to alcoholism. 11. tamed, trained, or reduced to submission: The horse was broken to the saddle. 12. imperfectly spoken, as language: She still speaks broken English. 13. spoken in a halting or fragmentary manner, as under emotional strain: He uttered a few broken words of sorrow. 14. disunited or divided: Divorce results in broken families. 15. not smooth; rough or irregular: We left the plains and rode through broken country. 16. ruined; bankrupt: the broken fortunes of his family. 17. Papermaking , Print. a quantity of paper of less than 500 or 1000 sheets. |
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