【break音标】 英[breɪk] 美[breɪk]
【单词释义】 break是什么意思：
vt.（使）破；打破（纪录）；（常指好天气）突变；开始
vi.（嗓音）突变；突破；破晓；（价格）突然下跌
n.破裂；中断；中间休息；间断；短假
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] breaks
[单词现在分词] breaking
[单词过去式] broke
[单词过去分词] broken
【break同音词】
brake n.闸；刹车 v. 刹（车）
【关联词/派生词】
breakthrough n.突破
breakdown n.崩溃，瘫痪；损坏，故障
【break形近词/近似词】
steak n.牛排；肉排；鱼排；碎牛肉
peak n.巅峰，顶点；山峰 vi.达到高峰，达到最大值 adj.巅峰状态的，最高度的
weak adj.虚弱的，柔弱的；不牢固的
speak v. 说话；讲，谈；演说
wreak vt.造成（混乱或破坏）；实施（报复）
beak n.鸟嘴，喙；鹰鈎鼻，尖鼻；掌权者
bespeak vt.展现；显示；预定；订（货）
sneak vi.潜行；偷偷溜走；偷走 adj.出其不意的；偷偷摸摸的 n.<英>打小报告的人，告状者
freak n.怪人，怪胎；畸形（人或物）；反常的事 v.（使）吃惊；恼怒 adj. 反常的，怪异的
leak v.漏出；渗漏；泄漏
bleak adj.不乐观的，无望的；荒凉的；暗淡的 n.银鲤
streak n.条纹，条痕；（尤指不好的）性格特征 v.快速移动，疾行；加上条纹；使布满条纹
【常用短语】
break a promise 违背承诺
break away 挣脱；逃脱；摆脱
break down 分解；发生故障
break into 闯入；破门而入
break out 爆发；突发
break through 突破；突围
break up 打碎，破碎；结束；分手；解散；拆分
take a break 休息一下
【单词例句】
◇ I think about being a broken vase again and realize that I have glued myself back together, what Mike has is merely a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has only, a little piece of me.
我想起曾经觉得自己像花瓶一样裂开了，才意识到原来自己已经把自己修理好了。迈克只是我生命中的小小过客，他仅仅了解我的表面，他仅仅是我生命中的小小一部分。
---- A Little Piece of Me
◇ Once President Roosevelt's house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt's friends wrote to him and advised him not to take it to his heart so much.
美国总统罗斯福的家曾经失窃，财物损失巨大。他的朋友闻此消息，就写信来安慰他，劝他不必把这件事放在心上。
---- Being Grateful
◇ But during the Reformation in 1549, an English Bishop and Protestant reformer named Thomas Cranmer used wedding rings as a way to break from tradition.
但是在1549年宗教改革时期，英国主教、新教改革者托马斯•克兰麦利用结婚戒指与传统决裂。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ "Can you break that ? " he asked the youngest son. The boy put his knee on the bundle but though he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood.
“你能折断这个吗？”他问最小的儿子。小伙子用膝盖顶住，两只手又压又拉，都不能把那捆树枝弄弯。
---- A Bundle of Sticks
◇ By the time you wake up, you likely haven't eaten for 10 or 12 hours, which is where breakfast got its name — it means "breaking the fast," DeFazio said.
早晨醒来，你已经10到12个小时没有进食，这就是“早餐”名字的来源，意思是“打破禁食”。
---- Bad habits you should break
◇ The process also gives each side of your nose a break, since a constant stream of heavily flowing air can dry it out and kill off the small hairs that protect you from foreign contaminants.
这一过程也能让你的两个鼻孔稍微休息一下，因为如果不断有大量空气流过鼻孔，会导致鼻孔干燥并损害鼻毛，鼻毛能够保护你不受外来污染物伤害。
---- Only One Side of Your Nose Gets Blocked at a Time
◇ Contrary to popular opinion, bones are bad for dogs. Not only can they potentially choke your dog, they can cause blockages in the gut, intestinal damage and chipped or broken teeth.
与多数人的观点相反，骨头其实对狗狗有害。骨头不仅可能会让狗狗窒息，还可能导致肠道阻塞、肠道损伤和牙齿碎裂。
---- Food that dogs cannot eat
◇ Typical injuries include slips, sprains and strains, but treadmills can also cause serious burns, concussions, broken bones and even death, although the latter is rare.
跑步机导致的受伤通常包括滑倒、扭伤、拉伤，但跑步机也会导致严重烧伤、脑震荡、骨折甚至死亡，尽管后者比较罕见。
---- How to use treadmills safely
◇ Scientists say it's difficult to know whether there's a limit to the number of people the planet can sustain — or when we could be approaching it. Still, according to Bradshaw, the 7.7 billion people who inhabit Earth now may already be pushing the planet to a breaking point.
科学家表示，很难知道地球能承受的人口上限，或者何时会接近上限。不过，据布拉德肖说，现在居住在地球上的77亿人可能已经把地球推向了崩溃的边缘。
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ By curving the window, the stress that would eventually crack the window corner is distributed and the likelihood of it breaking is reduced.
因此，让窗缘线条弯曲，来分散窗口四角的压力，从而降低了窗户破碎的可能性。