breaks

英 [breɪks]

美 [breɪks]

v.  (使)破，裂，碎; 弄坏; 损坏; 坏掉; 弄破; 使流血
break的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 打破；摔碎
  When an objectbreaksor when youbreakit, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
  1. He fell through the window, breaking the glass...
     他撞破玻璃从窗口摔了下去。
  2. The plate broke...
     盘子打破了。
  3. Break the cauliflower into florets...
     把花椰菜撕成小朵。
  4. The plane broke into three pieces.
     飞机断成了三截。
  5. ...bombed-out buildings, surrounded by broken glass and rubble...
     被炸毁的楼宇四周尽是碎玻璃和碎砖瓦砾
  6. The only sound was the crackle of breaking ice.
     唯一的声响是冰层噼噼啪啪碎裂的声音。
• V-ERG 折断（骨头）；骨折
  If youbreaka part of your body such as your leg, your arm, or your nose, or if a bonebreaks, you are injured because a bone cracks or splits.
  1. She broke a leg in a skiing accident...
     她在一次滑雪事故中摔断了一条腿。
  2. Old bones break easily...
     老年人容易骨折。
  3. Several people were treated for broken bones.
     数人接受了断骨治疗。
  4. Breakis also a noun.
     
  5. It has caused a bad break to Gabriella's leg.
     这导致加布里埃拉一条腿严重骨折。
• V-ERG （使）（表层、盖子或密封）破裂；撕开
  If a surface, cover, or sealbreaksor if somethingbreaksit, a hole or tear is made in it, so that a substance can pass through.
  1. Once you've broken the seal of a bottle there's no way you can put it back together again...
     一旦你撕开瓶子的密封条，你就无法再把它复原。
  2. The bandage must be put on when the blister breaks...
     水疱一旦破了就必须用绷带包扎起来。
  3. Do not use the cream on broken skin.
     不要在破损皮肤的表面涂护肤霜。
• V-ERG （使）（工具或机器）损坏
  When a tool or piece of machinerybreaksor when youbreakit, it is damaged and no longer works.
  1. When the clutch broke, the car was locked into second gear...
     离合器失灵后，汽车只能在二挡行驶。
  2. Tenants do not have to worry about leaking roofs and broken washing machines...
     租房者无需担心屋顶漏水和洗衣机出故障。
  3. The lead biker broke his bike chain.
     那位领先的自行车手车链子断了。
• VERB 破坏，违反（规则、承诺或协议）
  If youbreaka rule, promise, or agreement, you do something that you should not do according to that rule, promise, or agreement.
  1. We didn't know we were breaking the law.
     我们不知道自己在犯法。
  2. The company has consistently denied it had knowingly broken arms embargoes.
     这家公司一直否认自己是有意违反武器禁运规定。
  3. ...broken promises.
     背弃的承诺
• VERB 挣脱；解脱
  If youbreakfree or loose, you free yourself from something or escape from it.
  1. She broke free by thrusting her elbow into his chest.
     她用肘猛击他的胸部，挣脱了出来。
  2. ...his inability to break free of his marriage.
     他无法摆脱婚姻的束缚
• VERB 结束（困难或不利局面）；打破（僵局）
  If someonebreakssomething, especially a difficult or unpleasant situation that has existed for some time, they end it or change it.
  1. The Home Secretary aims to break the vicious circle between disadvantage and crime...
     内政大臣力图打破贫困和犯罪之间的恶性循环。
  2. New proposals have been put forward to break the deadlock among rival factions...
     旨在结束各竞争派别之间僵持局面的新提案已被提交。
  3. The country is heading towards elections which may break the party's long hold on power.
     这个国家正在朝着举行选举的目标迈进，选举可能会打破该党对政权的长期垄断。
  4. Breakis also a noun.
     
  5. Nothing that might lead to a break in the deadlock has been discussed yet.
     还没有讨论出一个可能打破这一僵局的办法。
• VERB 打破（沉默）
  If someone or somethingbreaksa silence, they say something or make a noise after a long period of silence.
  1. Hugh broke the silence. 'Is she always late?' he asked...
     休打破了沉默，问道：“她总是迟到吗？”
  2. The unearthly silence was broken by a shrill screaming.
     一声尖叫打破了这可怕的沉寂。
• N-COUNT （天气的）放晴
  If there is abreak inthe cloud or weather, it changes and there is a short period of sunshine or fine weather.
  1. A sudden break in the cloud allowed rescuers to spot Michael Benson.
     天气的突然放晴帮助救援人员找到了迈克尔·本森。
• VERB （与…）决裂；断绝（联系）；放弃
  If youbreak witha group of people or a traditional way of doing things, or youbreakyour connection with them, you stop being involved with that group or stop doing things in that way.
  1. In 1959, Akihito broke with imperial tradition by marrying a commoner...
     明仁天皇在1959年打破皇室传统，娶了一位平民女子为妻。
  2. They were determined to break from precedent...
     他们决心打破先例。
  3. They have yet to break the link with the trade unions.
     他们还必须断绝与工会组织的联系。
  4. Breakis also a noun.
     
  5. Making a completely clean break with the past, the couple got rid of all their old furniture.
     为了与过去彻底决裂，这对夫妇扔掉了他们全部的旧家具。
• VERB （使）摆脱，（使）戒除（习惯）
  If youbreaka habit or if someonebreaksyouofit, you no longer have that habit.
  1. If you continue to smoke, keep trying to break the habit...
     如果你还在吸烟的话，就尽量戒除这个习惯吧。
  2. The professor hoped to break the students of the habit of looking for easy answers.
     教授希望改掉学生们不动脑筋就想找到答案的习惯。
• VERB 瓦解…的决心；使丧失勇气；毁掉…的前程
  Tobreaksomeone means to destroy their determination and courage, their success, or their career.
  1. He never let his jailers break him...
     他决不会让监狱看守们摧毁他的意志。
  2. The newspapers and television can make or break you...
     报纸和电视会使你成功，也会将你毁掉。
  3. Ken's wife, Vicki, said: 'He's a broken man.'
     肯的妻子薇姬说：“他被毁了。”
• VERB 短暂休息；稍停
  If someonebreaks fora short period of time, they rest or change from what they are doing for a short period.
  1. They broke for lunch.
     他们停下来吃午饭。
• See also:They may be able to help with childcare so that you can have a break...I thought a 15 min break from his work would do him good...She rang Moira during a coffee break.lunch breaktea break
• N-COUNT 短假
  Abreakis a short holiday.
  1. They are currently taking a short break in Spain.
     他们目前正在西班牙休短假。
• VERB （为短暂歇息而）打断（旅程）
  If youbreakyour journey somewhere, you stop there for a short time so that you can have a rest.
  1. Because of the heat we broke our journey at a small country hotel.
     由于天气炎热，我们在一家乡村小旅馆停下来稍作歇息。
• VERB 减弱（势头）；减轻（力度）
  Tobreakthe force of something such as a blow or fall means to weaken its effect, for example by getting in the way of it.
  1. He sustained serious neck injuries after he broke someone's fall.
     有人坠落压在他身上，致使他颈部受重伤。
• VERB （消息在报纸、电视或电台）发布，传播
  When a piece of newsbreaks, people hear about it from the newspapers, television, or radio.
  1. The news broke that the Prime Minister had resigned...
     据报道首相已经辞职。
  2. He resigned from his post as Bishop when the scandal broke.
     丑闻传开后他辞去了主教职务。
• VERB （通常以委婉的方式）透露，告知（坏消息）
  When youbreaka piece of bad news to someone, you tell it to them, usually in a kind way.
  1. Then Louise broke the news that she was leaving me...
     然后路易丝挑明了她要离开我。
  2. I worried for ages and decided that I had better break it to her.
     我烦恼了很长时间，后来决定还是把这事告诉她。
• N-COUNT 机遇；机会；好运
  Abreakis a lucky opportunity that someone gets to achieve something.
  1. He went into TV and got his first break playing opposite Sid James in the series 'Citizen James'.
     他进入了电视圈，获得的第一个机会是在连续剧《公民詹姆斯》中与锡德·詹姆斯演对手戏。
• See also:Carl Lewis has broken the world record in the 100 metres...Jurassic Park had broken all box office records.record-breaking
• See also:They continued the search as dawn broke.daybreak
• VERB （波浪)减势，落下
  When a wavebreaks, it passes its highest point and turns downwards, for example when it reaches the shore.
  1. Danny listened to the waves breaking against the shore.
     丹尼聆听着波浪拍岸的声音。
• VERB 破解，破译（密码）
  If youbreaka secret code, you work out how to understand it.
  1. It was feared they could break the Allies' codes.
     恐怕他们会破译盟军的密码。
• VERB （因悲伤或害怕嗓音）突变，变调
  If someone's voicebreakswhen they are speaking, it changes its sound, for example because they are sad or afraid.
  1. Godfrey's voice broke, and halted.
     戈弗雷声音都变了，停顿下来。
• VERB （男孩嗓音）变粗
  When a boy's voicebreaks, it becomes deeper and sounds more like a man's voice.
  1. He sings with the strained discomfort of someone whose voice hasn't quite broken.
     他唱得很拘谨，声音听起来像是某个还没完全变声的男孩。
• VERB （天气）突变；（风暴）骤起
  If the weatherbreaksor a stormbreaks, it suddenly becomes rainy or stormy after a period of sunshine.
  1. I've been waiting for the weather to break...
     我一直在等待着暴风雨的到来。
  2. She hoped she'd be able to reach the hotel before the storm broke.
     她希望能够在起风暴前赶到旅馆。
• VERB （网球比赛中）破，赢得（对手的发球局）
  In tennis, if youbreakyour opponent's serve, you win a game in which your opponent is serving.
  1. He broke McEnroe's serve.
     他破了麦肯罗的发球局。
  2. Breakis also a noun.
     
  3. A single break of serve settled the first two sets.
     前两盘的比赛都是靠破掉对方一个发球局而分出胜负。
• See also:brokebrokenheartbreakheartbreakingheartbrokenoutbreak
• PHRASE 破晓时分
  The break of dayorthe break of dawnis the time when it begins to grow light after the night.
  1. 'I,' he finished poetically, 'will watch over you to the break of day.'
     “我，”他以富有诗意的语言结尾，“将守候着你，直至晨光初露。”
• CONVENTION 别烦我了
  You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
  1. 'I'm a real intellectual-type guy, Tracy,' James joked. 'Oh, give me a break,' Tracy moaned.
     “我可是个货真价实的高智商小伙儿，特雷西。”詹姆斯开玩笑地说道。“哦，别烦我了，”特雷西抱怨道。
• PHRASE 逃离；离开
  If youmake a breakormake a break for it, you run to escape from something.
  1. The moment had come to make a break or die...
     那个时候不跑就没命了。
  2. Dan made a break for his car only to find the driver's door locked.
     丹朝他的汽车跑去，却发现驾驶座位置的门被锁住了。
• tobreak the bank→ see:bank

双语例句

• Kindness breaks me up; it makes me cry.
  这关爱使我不能自制，令我失声痛哭。
• The tree breaks the wind.
  树木可以挡风。
• Your car breaks down?
  你车抛锚了？
• Civil war could come if the country breaks up
  如果国家分裂就会爆发内战。
• Divorce breaks up a lot of families.
  离婚拆散了许多家庭。
• The bandage must be put on when the blister breaks
  水疱一旦破了就必须用绷带包扎起来。
• It really breaks my heart to see them this way.
  看到他们这个样子可真让我伤心。
• There the road breaks [ divides] into three.
  这条路在那儿分成三条岔道。
• The report breaks down the results region by region
  报告将调查结果按地区分成若干部分。
• Many women still take career breaks to bring up children.
  仍然有许多女性为了抚养孩子而离职。