← Từ điển

break

A1 verb

break /bɹeɪk/ nghĩa là bị bể, làm bể

Các nghĩa

  1. bị bể · làm bể

    To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

    ergative · intransitive · transitive

    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. nhảy breakdance

    To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.

    ergative · intransitive · transitive

    His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.

    He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.

  3. To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

    transitive

    Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?

    The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.

  4. To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

    transitive

    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.

  5. To turn an animal into a beast of burden.

    transitive

    Colonel: See, gentlemen? Any horse could be broken.

    You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.

  6. To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

    intransitive

    My heart is breaking.

    Two days later they transferred her to another prison to separate us. I broke. My life was gone, so I thought.

+ 2 nghĩa khác
  1. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

    transitive

    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.

  2. To end the run of (a play).

    transitive

Dạng khác

Dễ nhầm với

Cụm phụ âm khó — tiếng Việt không có

Bạn hay nuốt phụ âm cuối

Âm /l/, /n/ và /r/ dễ lẫn