Break

(noun.) an escape from jail; 'the breakout was carefully planned'.

(noun.) a sudden dash; 'he made a break for the open door'.

(noun.) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; 'it was presented without commercial breaks'; 'there was a gap in his account'.

(noun.) (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; 'he was up two breaks in the second set'.

(noun.) the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool.

(noun.) an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); 'then there was a break in her voice'.

(noun.) an unexpected piece of good luck; 'he finally got his big break'.

(noun.) the occurrence of breaking; 'the break in the dam threatened the valley'.

(verb.) fall sharply; 'stock prices broke'.

(verb.) crack; of the male voice in puberty; 'his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir'.

(verb.) render inoperable or ineffective; 'You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!'.

(verb.) become separated into pieces or fragments; 'The figurine broke'; 'The freshly baked loaf fell apart'.

(verb.) happen; 'Report the news as it develops'; 'These political movements recrudesce from time to time'.

(verb.) prevent completion; 'stop the project'; 'break off the negotiations'.

(verb.) come into being; 'light broke over the horizon'; 'Voices broke in the air'.

(verb.) find the solution or key to; 'break the code'.

(verb.) find a flaw in; 'break an alibi'; 'break down a proof'.

(verb.) undergo breaking; 'The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages'.

(verb.) be released or become known; of news; 'News of her death broke in the morning'.

(verb.) pierce or penetrate; 'The blade broke her skin'.

(verb.) break a piece from a whole; 'break a branch from a tree'.

(verb.) go to pieces; 'The lawn mower finally broke'; 'The gears wore out'; 'The old chair finally fell apart completely'.

(verb.) ruin completely; 'He busted my radio!'.

(verb.) separate from a clinch, in boxing; 'The referee broke the boxers'.

(verb.) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; 'break into tears'; 'erupt in anger'.

(verb.) curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; 'The surf broke'.

(verb.) emerge from the surface of a body of water; 'The whales broke'.

(verb.) scatter or part; 'The clouds broke after the heavy downpour'.

(verb.) move away or escape suddenly; 'The horses broke from the stable'; 'Three inmates broke jail'; 'Nobody can break out--this prison is high security'.

(verb.) interrupt a continued activity; 'She had broken with the traditional patterns'.

(verb.) cause the failure or ruin of; 'His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage'; 'This play will either make or break the playwright'.

(verb.) give up; 'break cigarette smoking'.

(verb.) cause to give up a habit; 'She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes'.

(verb.) vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; 'The flat plain was broken by tall mesas'.

(verb.) weaken or destroy in spirit or body; 'His resistance was broken'; 'a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death'.

(verb.) destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; 'He broke the glass plate'; 'She broke the match'.

(verb.) make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing; 'The ranks broke'.

(verb.) invalidate by judicial action; 'The will was broken'.

(verb.) diminish or discontinue abruptly; 'The patient's fever broke last night'.

(verb.) exchange for smaller units of money; 'I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy'.

(verb.) be broken in; 'If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress'.

(verb.) interrupt the flow of current in; 'break a circuit'.

(verb.) become punctured or penetrated; 'The skin broke'.

(verb.) change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; 'Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children'.

(verb.) make the opening shot that scatters the balls.

(verb.) come forth or begin from a state of latency; 'The first winter storm broke over New York'.

(verb.) change directions suddenly.

(verb.) happen or take place; 'Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months'.

(verb.) come to an end; 'The heat wave finally broke yesterday'.

(verb.) destroy the completeness of a set of related items; 'The book dealer would not break the set'.

凯茜录入

• It's a pity he should break his neck himself, and disappoint the sight-seers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• But it was good to break that off a little. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Again, a minute bit of bark has been upturned by the scraping hand, and the direction of the break indicates the direction of the passage. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Your army will cheerfully suffer many privations to break up Hood's army and render it useless for future operations. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They are but few, I hope; but I have seen (in this world here where I find myself, and even at the little Break of Day) that there are such people. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Was there left now nothing but to break off from the happy creative being, was the time up? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He was father's partner, and father broke with him, and now he revenges himself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• No, guardian, I returned, fearful of the light that dimly broke upon me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She knows I'm a going to tell,' here his delight broke out again, 'and has made off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• When Mrs. Sykes is afraid of the house being attacked and broke open--as she is every night--I get quite excited. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This work proved too hard, his health broke down, and he was compelled to give up the position. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Bloody insurrections repeatedly broke out, always traceable ultimately to the pressure of taxation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As he extended his hand with a magnificently forgiving air, and as I was broken by illness and unfit to quarrel, I took it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The ice, you see, was broken between us--and I thought I would take care, on the next occasion, that Mr. Betteredge was out of the way. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The animal was not there at all, only the heavy, broken beauty. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• And you would find the habit was broken. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• His speech had been whispered, broken, and indistinct; but by a great effort he had made it plain enough to be unmistakeable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• For Frederick had broken down now, and all his theories were of no use to him. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The effect instantly ceases when the current is interrupted by breaking connection with either pole of the battery. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• I will try to be worthy, he said, breaking off before he could say of you as well as of her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Men cannot live by thought alone; the world of sense is always breaking in upon them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The 'young gal' likewise occasioned me some uneasiness: not so much by neglecting to wash the plates, as by breaking them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He knew how near to breaking was the vessel that held his life. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He did not care if in breaking Germany Europe was broken; his mind did not go far enough beyond the Rhine to understand that possibility. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The want of relation in the ideas breaks the relation of the impressions, and by such a separation prevents their mutual operation and influence. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But no love shines on her brow, Nor breaks she a marriage-vow, Love is colder. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• But don't look sad, my little girl; it breaks my heart. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A great bank, half a mile out, nigh the mouth of the bay, breaks the force of the main ocean coming in from the offing. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• At No. 3 a tin dipper, which has been immersed in liquid air, has become so cold and crystalline that it breaks like glass when dropped. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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