break
noun · verb · adjectiveA1- Tiếng Việt:
- bẻ, gãy, nghỉ
bẻ, gãy, nghỉ. Họ từ BREAK — danh từ: break; động từ: break; tính từ: broken.
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(ergative, intransitive, transitive)To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.
- 2.
(transitive)To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?
The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.
- 3.
(transitive)To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
Her child’s death broke Angela.
Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.
The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.
- 4.
(intransitive)To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
My heart is breaking.
- 5.
(transitive)To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
I’ve got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.
to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one’s journey
I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.
- 6.
(transitive)To ruin financially.
The recession broke some small businesses.
- 7.
(intransitive, obsolete)To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.
‘I knew he was in some such low way—He broke did not he?’
- 8.
(intransitive)(finance, intransitive) Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- 9.
(transitive)To violate; to fail to adhere to.
When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.
He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.
to break one’s word
Time travel would break the laws of physics.
- 10.
(intransitive)(intransitive, of a fever) To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.
- 11.
(intransitive)(intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.
- 12.
(intransitive)(intransitive, of a storm) To begin or end.
We ran to find shelter before the storm broke.
Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.
Đồng nghĩa: split
- 2.
A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
The sun came out in a break in the clouds.
He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway.
Đồng nghĩa: breach, gap, space, break, gap, interlapse, interspace, interstice, interstitium, opening, separation, space, hole
- 3.
An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
- 4.
A rest or pause, usually from work.
Let’s take a five-minute break.
Đồng nghĩa: shift break, time-out, break, breather, cessation, demurral, gap, caesura, hiatus, halt, halting, interregnum, interruption, lapse, moratorium, pause, recess, respite, resting, stoppage, stopping, suspension
- 5.
A short holiday.
a weekend break on the Isle of Wight
Đồng nghĩa: day off, time off, annual leave, break, day off, getaway, holiday, leave, leave of absence, pause, recess, time away, time off, vac, vacation, vaca, vacay
- 6.
A temporary split with a romantic partner.
I think we need a break.
- 7.
An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- 8.
A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
big break
lucky break, bad break
them's the breaks
- 9.
(finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- 10.
The beginning (of the morning).
daybreak
at the break of day
Đồng nghĩa: crack of dawn, ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, break of day, butt crack of dawn, cockcrow, crack of dawn, dawn, daybreak, daylight, dayspring, first light, lauds, solrise, sparrow-fart, sun, sunlight, sunrise, sunrising, sunup
- 11.
An act of escaping.
to make a break for it; to make a break for the door
It was a clean break.
prison break
- 12.
(computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
Cụm từ thường dùng
break down
giới từ đi kèm
coffee break
cụm thông dụng
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From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (to break), from *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (to break), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (to break). bray. 2 cog Cognates of Germanic origin include brek to break, brekke to break, breken to break, breken to break, brechen to break, broyer, 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽, brek.