n.

1. 破裂；斷裂；折斷；骨折[C][U][（+of）]
   The fracture of his left leg is very serious.

   他的左腿骨折情況很嚴重。

2. 裂縫；裂面；裂痕[C]
   Perhaps there is a fracture in the water pipe.

   也許水管有裂縫了。

vt.

1. 使破裂；使斷裂；使折斷；使骨折
   The boy fell from a tree and fractured his arm.

   那個男孩從樹上摔了下來折斷了胳膊。

2. 毀壞；打破；違反（規定等）
   His reputation for integrity was permanently fractured.

   他那剛正不阿的聲譽被永遠地毀了。

vi.

1. 破裂；斷裂；折斷

n.

1. a crack or break, especially in a bone or a rock stratum.
   ▸the cracking or breaking of a hard object or material.
   ▸the shape of the surface formed by a freshly broken rock or mineral.
2. Phonetics  the replacement of a simple vowel by a diphthong owing to the influence of a following sound, typically a consonant.

v.