break vt., vi. broke, broken, breaking

　　打破;碰破;折斷;打碎 The stone broke the window.石頭打壞了窗子。

　　The cup broke on the floor.杯子摔碎在地板上了。

　　You'll break your neck if you aren't more careful! (喻)你如果不加倍小心,你會摔死的!

　　;裂開 The newly-published chronicle breaks down into eight major parts.

　　這部新出版的編年史分成八大部分。

　　毀壞;弄壞;損壞 He broke his wristwatch.他把他的手表弄壞了。

　　(突然用力)變成;成為 The prisoner broke loose.犯人脫逃了。

　　擦破 to break the skin擦破皮膚

　　違背;違犯;不遵守 to break the law犯法

　　He always breaks faith with his clients.他對顧客總是不守信用。

　　It took all the members of the section the whole day to break the back of the job.

　　全組人員干了一整天才把工作的最主要部分完成了。

　　If smeone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group.

　　如果有人違反了制度,就把問題提交給全體成員解決。

　　闖 He broke into the shop他闖入商店。

　　馴服;制服 to break a horse馴服一匹馬

　　超過;超越 to break a record in sports打破運動記錄

　　泄露;發布;透露 to break the news 發布消息

　　中斷 Let's break for a meal.讓我們休息一下去吃飯吧。

　　結束;停止to break the silence打破沉寂

　　突然發生，突然出現 as day breaks拂曉時Day breaks.; Day dawns.天亮了。

　　衰退;減弱His health broke.他的健康衰退。

　　突變 His voice broke when he was 15.他15歲時嗓音突然變了。

　　破譯(密碼) She broke their code.她破譯了他們的密碼。

　　[習慣用語]

　　break the back of完成主要的或最艱難的部分

　　It took all the members of the section the whole day to break the back of the job.

　　全組人員干了一整天才把工作的最主要部分完成了。

　　break camp拔營

　　break cover跳出躲藏處

　　break the ice打破冷場

　　break new ground有新發現

　　The scheme says nothing new; it doesn't break new ground.這個方案沒有新意,它沒有提出新的見解。

　　break step步伐紊亂

　　break wind放屁

　　[詞性變化]break n.破;破裂;破隙 a break in the clouds云朵間的一線青天

　　暫停;休息 a coffee break飲咖啡的小憩

　　Let's have a break.讓我們休息一會兒。

　　After a short break the play continued.休息片刻后,戲繼續開演。

　　We've been doing experiments 24 hours without a break.

　　我們的實驗已連續不斷地進行了二十四小時。

　　突變 a break from the past 一反過去的做法

　　A break anywhere in the circuit may cause the lights in the neighbourhood to go out.

　　電路上任一處斷路,都會使這一帶的電燈熄滅。

　　The cold weather broke at the beginning of April. 寒冷的天氣到四月初開始變暖了。

　　破曉 at day-break破曉時

　　〈臺球〉連續擊球得分;〈網球〉接發球得分

　　機會;運氣 Give him a break. 給他一次機會。

　　[常用詞組]

　　break away逃走;逃脫

　　The robbery suspect broke away from the lockup.搶劫嫌疑犯從拘留所逃脫了。

　　Modern music like jazz has broken away from the old traditional rules. (喻)

　　現代音樂如爵士樂擺脫了舊的傳統規則。

　　斷裂;開裂

　　A large piece of ice broke away from the main block. 一大塊冰從整個大冰塊上斷裂開來。

　　break down 破壞;拆散

　　The Congressmen of the Republican tried to break down the opposition from their opponents to their proposal. (喻)共和黨的議員們試圖使他們的反對派不再反對他們的提案。

　　Chemicals in the body break our food down into useful substances.

　　人體中的化學元素把食物分解成有用的物質。

　　break down old conventions打破舊框框

　　The robbers broke the door down.強盜們把門砸開了。

　　The peace talks are said to have broken down. (喻)據說和談破裂了。

　　制服;被制服(機器)損壞

　　Our truck broke down outside town.我們的卡車在城外拋錨了。

　　The car broke down halfway to the destination.汽車在到達目的地的中途拋錨了。

　　The car broke down halfway to the camp.車子在去營地的半路上拋錨了。

　　The 8 o'clock train broke down at Ferngreen station and was taken off the line.'

　　8點鐘的那趟車因在芬格林車站出了故障而被取消了。