英语词汇“break”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

break

例句

verb | noun

breakbreak1 /breɪk/ verb (past tense broke /broʊk/, past participle broken /ˈbroʊkən/)

► break

if something breaks or you break it, it separates into pieces after being hit or dropped:

He dropped the glass and it broke.

I’m sorry, but I’ve broken one of your plates.

The first time she went skiing, she broke her leg.

► smash

to break into a lot of pieces after being hit with a lot of force or dropped:

The bowl smashed as it hit the floor.

All the mirrors in the room had been smashed.

➔ If you smash something, you break it deliberately: He smashed a window to escape from the fire.If something smashes, it breaks accidentally, for example if you drop it: The plate smashed when it hit the floor.

► shatter

if something such as a plate or glass shatters, it breaks into many small pieces, usually when something hits it:

The glass hit the floor and shattered.

The bomb blast shattered the windows of cars and buildings.

➔ If something shatters, it breaks accidentally, either because you drop it or because something hits it: The window shattered when the ball hit it. You do not usually say that a person shatters something.

► crack

to break in a way that makes a line on the surface:

The window was cracked where a stone had hit it.

The ice cracked under our feet.

► split

to break into two pieces. You use split about something fairly large:

She picked up the ax and split the log into two pieces.

The melon split when it hit the floor.

► snap

to break into two pieces with a loud noise. You use snap about something long or thin:

One of the strings on his guitar snapped.

► crumble

if stone, brick, earth, paper, or a natural material such as a leaf crumbles, it gradually breaks into small pieces that are fairly round, especially because it is old or dry:

The old stone walls were crumbling.

➔ If you crumble food, you break it into small pieces that are fairly round: Crumble the cheese onto the pasta.

► burst

if a tire, balloon, or pipe bursts, it gets a hole in it and air or liquid suddenly comes out of it:

One of the pipes in the basement burst and there was water everywhere.

► pop

if a bubble or balloon pops, it breaks with a short loud sound:

She stuck a pin in the balloon and it popped.

► fracture

to crack or break a bone in your body:

He fell and fractured his arm.

ANTONYMS ➔ see fix ➔ see broken, damage2 ➔ see break a rule/law at disobey, break off at pause1, break up at divorce

verb | noun

breakbreak2 /breɪk/ noun ► break

a place where something is broken. Break is used especially about bones:

The doctor said that the break would take two months to fully heal.

► crack

a thin line where something is slightly damaged:

I just noticed there is a crack in my guitar.

► chip

a place on a plate, cup, etc. where a small piece has broken off:

That cup has a chip in it - let me get you another one.

► fracture

a crack or break in a bone or rock:

X-rays revealed a small fracture in his right leg.

► split

a tear or crack in something made of cloth, plastic, or wood:

There was a split in the seam of his jeans and you could see his underwear.

➔ see broken, stop1, take a break at rest2

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