vt.

1. 打破；折斷；使碎裂
   He fell down and broke his ankle.

   他跌斷了腳踝。

2. 毀壞，弄壞；砸破
   They broke down the door with a big heavy log.

   他們用一根粗大的木頭將門砸開。

3. 兌開（大額鈔票等）
4. 越（獄）；從……掙脫
   break jail

   越獄

5. 衝破（障礙等）；破……而入；闖入
   The river broke its banks during the flood.

   洪水期間河水衝破了堤岸。

6. 破（土）；割破
   He fell but didn't break the skin.

   他跌倒了但沒有擦破皮膚。

7. 打破（寂靜等）；切斷（電路等）；中止（旅程等）
   Radio contact was suddenly broken.

   無線電聯絡突然中斷了。

   At last Phil broke the silence.

   最後菲爾終於打破了沉寂。

8. 使垮掉；制服；放棄（習慣）；使放棄習慣
   He just can't break such a bad habit.

   他就是改不掉這個壞習慣。

9. 破壞（約束）；違反
   She didn't break the rules.

   她沒有違反規定。

10. 打破（記錄）；超過
    She broke the world record for the broad jump.

    她打破了跳遠的世界記錄。

11. 透露；說出
12. 破解（密碼）；破（案）；拆穿
13. 使破產

vi.

1. 破碎；破裂；斷裂
   The plate broke to pieces when it fell on the floor.

   盤子落在地上摔碎了。

2. 破掉，被損壞
   My watch has broken.

   我的表壞了。

3. 猛闖，突破；強行逃脫[Q]
   The man broke away from his guards.

   這人從看守處逃脫了。

4. 中斷，中止
   Let's break for lunch.

   讓我們停下來吃午飯吧。

5. （精神等）垮掉
   His health began to break two years ago.

   兩年前他的健康狀況開始變糟。

6. 突然發生；突然傳出
   We had no sooner set out than a thunder storm broke.

   我們剛動身就突然下起了大雷雨。

7. （天空）破曉
   When day broke he had already been on the way.

   天亮時，他已在路上了。

8. （嗓音）突變

n.

1. 破損，破裂；裂縫；折斷[C]
   A break in the pipe was found out.

   發現管道上有一處裂縫。

2. 暫停；休息[C]
   There is a ten-minute break between the classes.

   課間有十分鐘休息時間。

3. 斷絕，絕裂[C][（+with/from）]
   Finally she made the break with her family.

   她最終與家庭脫離了關係。

4. （天氣，話題等的）驟變[C][（+in）]
   There was a break in the weather last week.

   上週天氣突然變化。

5. 【口】機會；好運[C]
   As a long-distance runner his main break came last spring in Australia.

   作為一位長跑選手，他是上個春天在澳大利亞真正交上好運的。

6. 逃亡；越獄[C]
7. （檯球）一次連續得分
8. 【網】發球一方輸掉的發球局[C]
9. 破曉[U]

v.

1. separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.
   ▸(of waves) curl over and dissolve into foam.
   ▸(of the amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus) be discharged when the sac is ruptured in the first stages of labour.
2. make or become inoperative.
3. interrupt (a continuity, sequence, or journey).
   ▸stop so as to have a rest or holiday:

   they broke for coffee.
   ▸lessen the impact of (a fall).
   ▸disconnect or interrupt (an electric circuit).
4. fail to observe (a law, regulation, or agreement).
5. crush the strength, spirit, or resistance of.
6. surpass (a record).
7. (of an attacking player or a military force) make a rush or dash:
   Mitchell broke quickly, allowing Hughes to score.
8. (of the weather) change suddenly, especially after a fine spell.
   ▸(of a storm) begin violently.
   ▸(of dawn or a day) begin as the sun rises.
9. (of a person's voice) falter and change tone.
   ▸(of a boy's voice) change in tone and register at puberty.
10. (of news) suddenly become public.
    ▸ (break something to) make bad news known to.
11. succeed in deciphering (a code).
12. use (a banknote) to pay for something and receive change.
13. (of two boxers or wrestlers) come out of a clinch.
14. make the first stroke at the beginning of a game of billiards, pool, or snooker.
15. unfurl (a flag or sail).
16. Phonetics  (of a vowel) develop into a diphthong, under the influence of an adjacent sound.

n.

1. an interruption or pause:
   a break with the past.
   ▸Brit. an interval during the school day.
   ▸a short holiday.
   ▸a change of line, paragraph, or page:

   a page break.
2. a rush or dash, especially by an attacking player or team.
3. informal an opportunity or chance.
4. a gap or opening:
   a break in the hedge.
5. an instance of breaking, or the point where something is broken.
6. (also break of serve or service break) Tennis  the winning of a game against an opponent's serve.
7. Snooker  & Billiards  a consecutive series of successful shots.
   ▸a player's turn to make the opening shot of a game.
8. a short solo or instrumental passage in jazz or popular music.

n.

1. former term for breaking cart.
2. historical another term for brake².