break
英[bre?k]
美[brek]
- v. 打破；折斷；弄壞；削弱
- vt. （使）破；打破（紀錄）；（常指好天氣）突變；開始
- vi. （嗓音）突變；突破；破曉；（價格）突然下跌
- n. 破裂；間斷；（持續一段時間的狀況的）改變；間歇
- n. (Break)人名；(英)布雷克
英英釋意
- 1. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts;
- "the telephone is an annoying interruption"
- "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
- 2. an unexpected piece of good luck;
- "he finally got his big break"
- 3. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;
- "they built it right over a geological fault"
- 4. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);
- "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
- 5. a pause from doing something (as work);
- "we took a 10-minute break"
- "he took time out to recuperate"
- 6. the act of breaking something;
- "the breakage was unavoidable"
- 7. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- 8. breaking of hard tissue such as bone;
- "it was a nasty fracture"
- "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
- 9. the occurrence of breaking;
- "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
- 10. the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- 11. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving;
- "he was up two breaks in the second set"
- 12. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
- "it was presented without commercial breaks"
- 13. a sudden dash;
- "he made a break for the open door"
- 14. any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare;
- "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"
- 15. an escape from jail;
- "the breakout was carefully planned"