英语小词break的超级详细地用法
当幸福来敲门台词-致老鼠
break
1使破裂，使破碎；使断裂
I had to break
a window to get into the house. 我只得打破一扇窗户进屋。
break sth in halftwo ：He broke the biscuit in
half and handed one piece to me.
他
把饼干掰成两半，递了一块给我。
He kept pulling at the
rope until it broke. 他一直拉到绳子，直到把它拉断。
The
frames are made of plastic and they tend to break
quite easily. 这些框架是塑料
做的，很容易碎裂。
骨头 使骨折
She fell downstairs and broke her hip.
她从楼梯上摔下来，髋部骨折。
es 机器 弄坏，损坏〔机器〕〔机器〕损坏，失灵
Don’t mess about with my camera – you’ll break
it. 别乱动我的照相机，你会把它弄
坏的。
The washing
machine’s broken again. 洗衣机又坏了。
aws 规定法律
不遵守，违犯
•If you break the rules , you will be
punished. 违反规定要受到惩罚。
eagreement
诺言协议违反，违背〔诺言或协议〕
•I never break my promises .
我从不食言。
•You betrayed me. You broke your word .
你出卖了我，你说话不算数。
He was worried that he might be
breaking his contract. 他担心自己可能会违约。
st 停下来休息
*+ for+•Shall we break for lunch now?
我们现在停下来吃午饭好吗？
sth 结束某事物 打断，中断
•We need to
break the cycle of poverty and crime in the inner
cities. 我们需要打破
旧城区里贫困和犯罪的恶性循环。
•We took
turns driving, in order to try and break the
monotony. 我们轮流开车，免
得乏味。
•New talks will
begin on Monday in an effort to break the deadlock
. 为打破僵局，
星期一将重启会谈。
sb 打垮某人
•Losing his
business nearly broke him. 生意亏本几乎将他击垮。
•I
won’t give in. I won’t be broken by him.
我决不服输，我不会被他击垮的。
y an organization 摧毁，瓦解〔组织〕
•The government succeeded in breaking the
unions. 政府成功地瓦解了工会。
n （天）刚亮，破晓
•Dawn was
breaking by the time we arrived home. 我们到家的时候天蒙蒙亮。
11.〔暴风雨〕来临，突然出现
•We were keen to get back
to the hotel before the storm broke.
我们急于赶在暴风
雨来临之前回到宾馆。
12.〔天气〕突然变化
•The
following day the weather broke and we had ten
days of solid rain. 第二天天
气突变，一连下了十天的雨。
13.〔波浪〕迸溅，拍岸
•We sat and watched the waves
breaking on the shore 我们坐着看波涛拍击海岸。
14.〔男孩子嗓音〕变粗；变声、嗓音因激动而〕变调
•He was
fifteen, and his voice was just beginning to
break. 他15岁，正开始变声。
•Her voice broke as she
told us what had happened. 她向我们诉说发生的一切时，
声音都变了。
15.〔消息〕传开、告诉〔某人不愉快的消息〕
•News of his
resignation broke yesterday. 昨天传出了他辞职的消息。
•I
didn’t know how I was going to break the news to
my mother. 我不知道该怎样
把这个消息告诉母亲。
•The doctor
finally broke it to me that there was no cure.
医生最后终于和我明说，
这个病没法治愈。
a habit改掉某习惯〔尤指坏习惯〕
a new drug which helps smokers to break their
habit 帮助吸烟者戒烟的一种新药
a record破记录•an
attempt to break the 10,000-metres world record
打破
10,000米世界记录的努力
a journey中途停留•We decided
to break our journey in Oxford. 我们决定
中途在牛津停留。
sb’s heart使某人伤心[心碎+•He broke my heart when he
left me. 他离开
我时，我的心都碎了。
a strike迫使罢工结束•The
government has threatened to bring in the
army
to break the 10-month-old strike.
政府威胁要调派军队来结束这场历时十个
月的罢工。
a
linktieconnection断绝关系•The US has now broken all
diplomatic links
with the regime.
美国现已和这个政权断绝了所有外交关系。
the skin割伤皮肤，撕开皮肤•Their
teeth are sharp enough to break the
skin.
它们牙齿锋利，足以咬破皮肤。
the back of
sth完成某事物的主要部分；攻克某事物的难关
•I think we’ve broken
the back of the job now. 我想我们现在已经把这工作最难的
部分完成了。
the bank花很多钱；透支•A new hard drive doesn’t have
to break the bank.
一个新的硬盘驱动器要不了多少钱。
sb’s
concentration分散某人的注意力
•The slightest sound
would break his concentration.
稍有一点动静就会分散他的注
意力。
the silence打破寂静[沉默+•The
silence was broken by a loud scream.
一
声尖叫打破了寂静。
sb’s spirit摧毁某人的意志，挫某人的锐气•They
could not break her spirit.
他们摧毁不了她的意志。
sb’s power削弱某人的权力•At last the power of the Church
was finally
broken. 最后，教会的权力终于被削弱了。
the
ice打破冷场[僵局]
•Sam’s arrival broke the ice and
people began to talk and laugh.
萨姆的到来打破了
沉默，大家开始又说又笑起来。
a
code破译密码•Scientists worked day and night to break
the code. 为了
破译密码，科学家们日夜工作。
wind放屁
(sb’s) serve•Hewitt broke serve twice in the
second set. 休伊特在第二盘
中两次破对方发球局得分。
a
leg祝你成功，祝你好运〔尤用于在某人上台表演前〕
THESAURUS 词语辨析
to break something
使破裂，打碎•Careful you
don’t break the chair. 小心别把椅子弄坏。
〔猛力〕打碎，砸碎•A
policeman smashed his camera. 一名警察砸碎了
他的照相机。
使分成两半•Using a sharp knife, split the melon in
half. 用快刀把瓜切成两
半。
re 使断裂，使折断〔尤指骨骼等表面有裂痕〕•I
fell over and fractured my
wrist. 我摔倒了，手腕骨折。
撕破〔纸或布料〕•She tore up the letter and put it in
the bin. 她把信撕碎后
扔进了垃圾筒。
•to become broken
破裂，碎裂•Plastic breaks quite easily. 塑料很容易碎裂。
〔遭猛击而〕粉碎•The bowl smashed as it hit the
floor. 碗打在地上摔碎
了。
裂开；出现裂纹•The ice was
starting to crack. 冰开始裂了。
〔轮胎、气球、管道等〕破裂，爆裂•She blew up the balloon until it
burst.
她吹着气球，直到把它吹爆。
〔沿直线〕裂开•The damp had
caused the wood to split. 因为潮湿，木头开
裂了。
e
碎裂，崩裂〔成粉末或碎屑〕•The cork just crumbled in my hand.
软木
塞就在我手中碎裂了。
break away
1.〔通常因意见不合而从某个团体或政党〕脱离出去•More than 30 Labour
MPs
broke away to form a new left-wing party.
三十多名工党议员脱离工党，成立了一
个新的左翼党派。
2.离开〔家、家人或工作〕•I
felt the need to break away from
home.我觉得有必要
从家里出来。
3.逃脱，挣脱，逃离•She started
crying and tried to break away. 她大叫起来，想要
挣脱开去。
4.甩开〔其他参赛者〕•Radcliffe broke away 200 metres
before the finish. 拉德克利
夫在距终点200米处甩开了其他对手。
5.松开，脱开•Part of the plane’s wing had broken
away. 机翼的有些地方脱开了。
break down
1.停止运转，出故障•The car broke down just north of
Paris. 汽车就在2.失败
•Negotiations broke down after
only two days. 谈判只进行了两天就破裂了。
sth ←→ down if
you break down a door, you hit it so hard that it
breaks and
falls to the
ground撞倒，打破，砸破〔门〕•Police had to break down the
door to get
into the flat.
警方只得把门撞开，进入公寓。
sth ←→ down 消除，驱除〔人与人之间的隔阂等〕
•Getting young people together will help to
break down the barriers between them.
把年轻人聚集起来可以帮助他们消除彼此之间的隔阂。
5.（使）分解break sth
←→ down
•Food is broken down in the
stomach.,Bacteria are added to help break down the
sewage.食物在胃里分解。,下水道中加入了细菌，帮助分解污物。
6.〔尤指在公共场合〕禁不住哭出来
•He broke down and
cried. 他情绪崩溃，哭了出来。
•She broke down in tears
when she heard the news. 她听到这个消息禁不住泪流
满面。
sth ←→ down拆分，把…分成若干部分〔以方便做或理解〕
•He showed us
the whole dance, then broke it down so that we
could learn it more
easily.
他给我们演示了整段舞蹈，然后拆分开来方便我们学习。
break for sth
1.〔尤为指想避开某人〕突然跑向，冲向•He broke for the door, but
the guards got
there before he did.
他向门口冲去，但是警卫先他一步赶到了那里。
break in1.闯入〔行窃〕•Thieves
broke in and stole £10,000 worth of computer
equipment. 窃贼破门而入，盗走了价值10,000英镑的计算机设备。
2.插话，打断谈话•I didn’t want to break in on his
telephone conversation.我不想打
断他的通话。
sth ←→
in to make new shoes or boots less stiff and more
comfortable by
wearing them使〔新鞋〕逐渐合脚
•I
went for a walk to break in my new boots.
我出去走了走，好让新靴子合脚。
4.使某人适应〔某种行为或工作方式〕•She’s quite
new to the job, so we’re still
breaking her
in. 她才做这份工作不久，所以我们还在带着她熟悉业务。
sth ←→
训练〔小马〕驮人•We break the horses in when they’re about
two
years old. 小马两岁左右的时候，我们就开始训练它们驮人。
break into sth
1.闯入〔行窃〕•Someone broke into
my car and stole the radio. 有人撬了我的车，
把收音机偷走了。
2.打入，进入，参与〔新的工作或行业〕
•She made an attempt
to break into journalism. 她试图进入新闻界。
3.动用〔不想花费的钱〕•I don’t want to break into my
savings unless I have to. 除
非迫不得已，我不想动用自己的积蓄。
into a runtrot etc to suddenly start
running突然奔跑•He broke into a run as
he came
round the corner. 他走到拐角处，突然拔腿就跑。
into a
smilea songapplause 突然笑起来唱起来鼓起掌来等
break
sb of sth
1.使改掉〔坏习惯〕•Try to break yourself of
the habit of eating between meals.
尽
量改掉正餐之间吃东西的习惯。
break off
1.突然停止说话，停顿
•She started to speak, then
broke off while a waitress served us coffee.
她开始说了
起来 ，后来服务员给我们上咖啡，她就打住了。
sth ←→ off to
end a relationship
结束，断绝〔关系〕•She broke off
their engagement only a few weeks before they
were due to be married. 就在他们将要结婚的前几个星期，她取消了婚约。
3.（使）脱落，（使）脱开•One of the car’s wing mirrors
had broken off. 车上的一
块后视镜已经脱落。
break sth ←→
off•He broke off a piece of bread.他掰下一块面包。
break out
1.〔不愉快之事〕爆发，突然发生•I was still
living in London when the war broke out.
战争爆发的时候我还住在伦敦。
2.越狱•Three men have broken
out of a top-security
jail.三名男子从一所戒备极其
森严的监狱逃跑了。
3.〔因腻烦〕改变生活方式，摆脱•She felt the need to break
out of her daily routine.
她觉得必须从日常生活中解脱出来。
out in spotsa rasha sweat 出丘疹出红疹出汗等
•I broke
out in a painful rash. 我出了疹子，很痛。
•My whole
body broke out in a sweat. 我浑身冒汗。
break
through
1.冲破（某物），突破（某物）•Several demonstrators
broke through the barriers
despite warnings
from the police. 有几名游行示威者不顾警方警告，冲破了路障。
2.〔太阳〕冲破（云层）•The sun broke through at around
lunch time. 大约午饭时
分，太阳破云而出。
3.突破，有突破•He’s a
very talented young actor who’s just ready to
break through.
他是一名天赋很高、正待破茧而出的青年演员。
break up
1.（使）碎裂，（使）破裂•It seems that the
plane just broke up in the air. 飞机似
乎突然就在空中解体了。
sth ←→ up分拆，分解•There are plans to break the
company up into several
smaller independent
companies. 有计划要把这家公司分拆成几家独立的小公司。
sth ←→ up to
stop a fight阻止〔打斗〕•Three policemen were needed to
break up the fight. 有要三名警察才能制止这场斗殴。
sth
←→ 驱散〔集会或抗议的人群〕•Government soldiers broke
up
the demonstration . 政府军驱散了示威人群。
•Police moved
in to break up the meeting . 警察进来驱散集会。
5.婚姻或关系〕破裂；〔团体〕散伙•He lost his job and his
marriage broke up . 他
丢了工作，婚姻也破裂了。
6.〔会议或聚会〕解散，散会，结束•The party didn’t break up
until after midnight.
聚会直到过了半夜才结束。
7.〔学校〕放假•School breaks up next week.
学校下个星期放假。
8.使某人大笑•He breaks me up! 他让我笑破了肚皮！
break with sbsth
1.与…断绝关系，与…决裂，脱离•She
had broken with her family years ago.
她多年
前就和家里断绝了关系。
with traditionthe past
与传统过去决裂•Now is the time to break with the
past. 现在是该和过去告别的时候了。
收起
break 2
working 停止工作、休息
•We’ll have a short
break for lunch, then start again at two o'clock.
我们稍微休息一
下吃午饭，两点钟再开始。
•Let’s take a ten-
minute break . 我们休息十分钟吧。
•We’d worked for ten
hours without a break . 我们已经连续工作十小时了。
doing
sth 停止做某事•She decided to take a career break when
she had
children. 她有了孩子，决定暂时放下工作。
*+
from+•I wanted a break from university life.
我想暂时从大学里休学。
*+ in+•a welcome break in my
normal routine 使我暂时摆脱平常生活的好机会
3.[C] a short
holiday短暂的假期，休假•I was beginning to feel that I
needed a break.
我开始觉得自己需要休假了。
the
EasterChristmas etc break•Are you looking forward
to the summer break? 你期
待放暑假吗？
school
在学校里课间休息•They get together with their friends at
break time .
课间休息的时候他们就和朋友聚在一起。
tv
在电视上〔电视或广播节目中的〕广告时间
•Join us again after the
break. 广告之后请继续收看。
stops happening
某事停止发生•There was no sign of a break in the
weather (= an improvement in bad weather ) .
天气没有好转的迹象。
*+ in+•We’ll go for a walk if
there’s a break in the rain. 雨停了我们就去散散步。
•Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable
break in the performance. 迟到者须等演
出中途适当的间歇方可入场。
a relationship 结束关系•I wanted a clean break so
that I could restart my life.
我想彻底了断，开始新的生活。
*+ with+•He was beginning to regret his break
with the Labour Party. 他开始后悔脱
离工党。
8.
spacehole 空间洞裂口，缺口，裂缝
*+ in+•We crawled
through a break in the hedge. 我们从树篱的一个缺口爬了过去。
机会〔意想不到的〕机会，机遇•There are hundreds of young
musicians out
there looking for their first
break. 有许许多多的年轻音乐人在寻找崭露头角的机
会。 •a lucky break
好运气
骨头*•It’s quite a bad break, which will
take several months to heal.
骨折
很严重，需要好几个月才能痊愈。
网球破发，破发球局得分•She
really needs a break of serve now if she
wants
to win this match. 如果她要打赢这场比赛，现在非得破掉对方发球局才行。
r
斯诺克连击所得的分数
a break for sth〔为了逃跑〕突然冲向某地•As
soon as the guard’s back was
turned, they made
a break for the door. 警卫一转身，他们就赶快向门口跑去。
meit
a break!别烦我！
sb a break给某人一次机会，不苛求某人
break of day黎明，拂晓