break /breik/ I.vi.& vt.(broke /brəuk/, broken /brəukən/ ) 1.打破，折断: break a record in sports 打破比赛纪录; break a case 破案Glass breaks easily. 玻璃易碎。The boy fell from the tree and broke his leg. 孩子从树上掉下来,摔断了腿。2.违背，违反：break a rule 违反规则; break a promise(one’s word) 违背诺言(自食其言) break the law 犯法：He broke the law and was put to prison. 他犯了法，被送进监狱。3.阻挡，使中断：I broke their conversation.我打断了他们的谈话。4.(天)破晓；(天气)突然变化：Day broke. 天破晓了。A thunder storm broke.下起雷暴雨来。 5.减弱；垮了：The bushes broke his fall; or he would have been killed. 灌木丛减弱了他下落的速度，不然他会被摔死的。6.用于短语动词 break away (from)脱离 (政党等)，打破(陈套等)：About 20 members of the Labour Party have broken away.工党中大约有20名成员脱党。Modern music has broken away from 18th-century rules. 现代音乐已摆脱了18世纪的陈规旧俗。break down 1.毁掉：The car broke down. 这汽车报废了。 2.（汽车等）抛锚［考句］ The car broke down half way for no reason.汽车中途毫无缘由地抛锚了。break even不赚不亏：After paying for our travel costs, we barely (= only just) broke even.付完车旅费后，我们仅仅是收支相当。break in 打断(说话)，插嘴说；破门而入： He broke in with some ideas of his own.他插嘴讲了自己的一些想法。He broke in and stole my money. 他撬门进来偷了我的钱。break into破门而入: His house was broken into last night.昨晚他的房屋有窃贼潜入。break (out) into a loud laugh (into song) 突然大笑(大声唱)；break off 中止，中断：He broke off speaking to answer the telephone.他中断了谈话去接电话。Let’s break off (work) and have some tea. 让我们停一会儿喝点茶。 break one’s heart伤害某人：She really broke her mother’s heart when she left home.她离家出走真的伤透了妈妈的心。break out (战争、火灾、疫病等)突然爆发：During the election period, a big strike broke out. 选举期间，发生了一场大规模罢工。［考句］When a fire broke out at the National Exhibition in London, at least ten priceless paintings were completely destroyed.在伦敦的国家展览馆发生火灾时，至少有10幅价值连城的名画被彻底烧毁。break through冲破，突破：［考句］Modern forms of transportation and communication have done much to break through the isolation of life in Alaska.现代方式的交通和通信对打破阿拉斯加州与世隔绝的生活有了很大的作为。break up 破裂：The family was broken up. 家庭被拆散了。［考句］The wood was so rotten that, when we pulled, it broke up into fragments.这块木头腐烂的厉害，一拉就碎了。‖II. n. 1. ［c］(课间，工间)休息时间，暂停，中断：He has been writing since 2 o’clock without a break. 他从两点钟开始写作，中间没有休息。There was a break in their talk.他们的谈话中断了。2.［c］裂口；断处：There is a break in the water pipe.水管有断裂处。3.［u］天亮，拂晓：at the break of day (=at daybreak)拂晓时分