broken 音标拼音: [br'okən]
a . 坏掉的,打破的,断掉的
n .
vbl .
break 的过去分词
坏掉的,打破的,断掉的
break 的过去分词
broken 间断
broken adj 1 :
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split ; "
a broken mirror "; "
a broken tooth "; "
a broken leg "; "
his neck is broken " [
ant : {
unbroken }]
2 :
not continuous in space ,
time ,
or sequence or varying abruptly ; "
broken lines of defense "; "
a broken cable transmission "; "
broken sleep "; "
tear off the stub above the broken line "; "
a broken note "; "
broken sobs " [
ant :
{
unbroken }]
3 :
subdued or brought low in condition or status ; "
brought low ";
"
a broken man "; "
his broken spirit " [
synonym : {
broken },
{
crushed }, {
humbled }, {
humiliated }, {
low }]
4 : (
especially of promises or contracts )
having been violated or disregarded ; "
broken (
or unkept )
promises "; "
broken contracts " [
synonym : {
broken }, {
unkept }] [
ant : {
kept },
{
unbroken }]
5 :
tamed or trained to obey ; "
a horse broken to the saddle ";
"
this old nag is well broken in " [
synonym : {
broken }, {
broken in }]
6 :
topographically very uneven ; "
broken terrain "; "
rugged ground " [
synonym : {
broken }, {
rugged }]
7 :
imperfectly spoken or written ; "
broken English "
8 :
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion ; "
troops fleeing in broken ranks "; "
a confused mass of papers on the desk ";
"
the small disordered room "; "
with everything so upset " [
synonym :
{
broken }, {
confused }, {
disordered }, {
upset }]
9 :
weakened and infirm ; "
broken health resulting from alcoholism "
10 :
destroyed financially ; "
the broken fortunes of the family "
[
synonym : {
broken }, {
wiped out (
p )}, {
impoverished }]
11 :
out of working order (`
busted '
is an informal substitute for `
broken '); "
a broken washing machine "; "
the coke machine is broken "; "
the coke machine is busted " [
synonym : {
broken },
{
busted }]
12 :
discontinuous ; "
broken clouds "; "
broken sunshine "
13 :
lacking a part or parts ; "
a broken set of encyclopedia "
Break \
Break \ (
br [=
a ]
k ),
v .
t . [
imp . {
broke } (
br [=
o ]
k ), (
Obs .
{
Brake });
p .
p . {
Broken } (
br [=
o ]"
k '
n ), (
Obs . {
Broke });
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Breaking }.] [
OE .
breken ,
AS .
brecan ;
akin to OS .
brekan ,
D .
breken ,
OHG .
brehhan ,
G .
brechen ,
Icel .
braka to creak ,
Sw .
braka ,
br [
aum ]
kka to crack ,
Dan .
br [
ae ]
kke to break ,
Goth .
brikan to break ,
L .
frangere .
Cf . {
Bray }
to pound , {
Breach }, {
Fragile }.]
1 .
To strain apart ;
to sever by fracture ;
to divide with violence ;
as ,
to break a rope or chain ;
to break a seal ;
to break an axle ;
to break rocks or coal ;
to break a lock .
--
Shak .
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2 .
To lay open as by breaking ;
to divide ;
as ,
to break a package of goods .
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3 .
To lay open ,
as a purpose ;
to disclose ,
divulge ,
or communicate .
[
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Katharine ,
break thy mind to me . --
Shak .
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4 .
To infringe or violate ,
as an obligation ,
law ,
or promise .
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Out ,
out ,
hyena !
these are thy wonted arts . . .
To break all faith ,
all vows ,
deceive ,
betray .
--
Milton [
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5 .
To interrupt ;
to destroy the continuity of ;
to dissolve or terminate ;
as ,
to break silence ;
to break one '
s sleep ;
to break one '
s journey .
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Go ,
release them ,
Ariel ;
My charms I '
ll break ,
their senses I '
ll restore .
--
Shak .
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6 .
To destroy the completeness of ;
to remove a part from ;
as ,
to break a set .
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7 .
To destroy the arrangement of ;
to throw into disorder ;
to pierce ;
as ,
the cavalry were not able to break the British squares .
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8 .
To shatter to pieces ;
to reduce to fragments .
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The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity .
--
Prescott .
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9 .
To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination ;
as ,
to break a five dollar bill .
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10 .
To destroy the strength ,
firmness ,
or consistency of ;
as ,
to break flax .
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11 .
To weaken or impair ,
as health ,
spirit ,
or mind .
[
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An old man ,
broken with the storms of state .
--
Shak .
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12 .
To diminish the force of ;
to lessen the shock of ,
as a fall or blow .
[
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I '
ll rather leap down first ,
and break your fall .
--
Dryden .
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13 .
To impart ,
as news or information ;
to broach ; --
with to ,
and often with a modified word implying some reserve ;
as ,
to break the news gently to the widow ;
to break a purpose cautiously to a friend .
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14 .
To tame ;
to reduce to subjection ;
to make tractable ;
to discipline ;
as ,
to break a horse to the harness or saddle . "
To break a colt ." --
Spenser .
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Why ,
then thou canst not break her to the lute ?
--
Shak .
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15 .
To destroy the financial credit of ;
to make bankrupt ;
to ruin .
[
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With arts like these rich Matho ,
when he speaks ,
Attracts all fees ,
and little lawyers breaks .
--
Dryden .
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16 .
To destroy the official character and standing of ;
to cashier ;
to dismiss .
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I see a great officer broken . --
Swift .
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Note :
With prepositions or adverbs :
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{
To break down }.
(
a )
To crush ;
to overwhelm ;
as ,
to break down one '
s strength ;
to break down opposition .
(
b )
To remove ,
or open a way through ,
by breaking ;
as ,
to break down a door or wall .
{
To break in }.
(
a )
To force in ;
as ,
to break in a door .
(
b )
To train ;
to discipline ;
as ,
a horse well broken in .
{
To break of },
to rid of ;
to cause to abandon ;
as ,
to break one of a habit .
{
To break off }.
(
a )
To separate by breaking ;
as ,
to break off a twig .
(
b )
To stop suddenly ;
to abandon . "
Break off thy sins by righteousness ." --
Dan .
iv .
27 .
{
To break open },
to open by breaking . "
Open the door ,
or I will break it open ." --
Shak .
{
To break out },
to take or force out by breaking ;
as ,
to break out a pane of glass .
{
To break out a cargo },
to unstow a cargo ,
so as to unload it easily .
{
To break through }.
(
a )
To make an opening through ,
as ,
as by violence or the force of gravity ;
to pass violently through ;
as ,
to break through the enemy '
s lines ;
to break through the ice .
(
b )
To disregard ;
as ,
to break through the ceremony .
{
To break up }.
(
a )
To separate into parts ;
to plow (
new or fallow ground ). "
Break up this capon ." --
Shak . "
Break up your fallow ground ." --
Jer .
iv .
3 .
(
b )
To dissolve ;
to put an end to . "
Break up the court ."
--
Shak .
{
To break } (
one ) {
all up },
to unsettle or disconcert completely ;
to upset . [
Colloq .]
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Note :
With an immediate object :
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{
To break the back }.
(
a )
To dislocate the backbone ;
hence ,
to disable totally .
(
b )
To get through the worst part of ;
as ,
to break the back of a difficult undertaking .
{
To break bulk },
to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it ;
to begin to unload ;
also ,
to transfer in detail ,
as from boats to cars .
{
To break a code }
to discover a method to convert coded messages into the original understandable text .
{
To break cover },
to burst forth from a protecting concealment ,
as game when hunted .
{
To break a deer }
or {
To break a stag },
to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share .
{
To break fast },
to partake of food after abstinence .
See {
Breakfast }.
{
To break ground }.
(
a )
To open the earth as for planting ;
to commence excavation ,
as for building ,
siege operations ,
and the like ;
as ,
to break ground for a foundation ,
a canal ,
or a railroad .
(
b )
Fig .:
To begin to execute any plan .
(
c ) (
Naut .)
To release the anchor from the bottom .
{
To break the heart },
to crush or overwhelm (
one )
with grief .
{
To break a house } (
Law ),
to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it .
{
To break the ice },
to get through first difficulties ;
to overcome obstacles and make a beginning ;
to introduce a subject .
{
To break jail },
to escape from confinement in jail ,
usually by forcible means .
{
To break a jest },
to utter a jest . "
Patroclus . . .
the livelong day breaks scurril jests ." --
Shak .
{
To break joints },
to lay or arrange bricks ,
shingles ,
etc .,
so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course .
{
To break a lance },
to engage in a tilt or contest .
{
To break the neck },
to dislocate the joints of the neck .
{
To break no squares },
to create no trouble . [
Obs .]
{
To break a path }, {
road },
etc .,
to open a way through obstacles by force or labor .
{
To break upon a wheel },
to execute or torture ,
as a criminal by stretching him upon a wheel ,
and breaking his limbs with an iron bar ; --
a mode of punishment formerly employed in some countries .
{
To break wind },
to give vent to wind from the anus .
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Syn :
To dispart ;
rend ;
tear ;
shatter ;
batter ;
violate ;
infringe ;
demolish ;
destroy ;
burst ;
dislocate .
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Broken \
Bro "
ken \ (
br [=
o ]"
k '
n ),
a . [
From {
Break },
v .
t .]
1 .
Separated into parts or pieces by violence ;
divided into fragments ;
as ,
a broken chain or rope ;
a broken dish .
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2 .
Disconnected ;
not continuous ;
also ,
rough ;
uneven ;
as ,
a broken surface .
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3 .
Fractured ;
cracked ;
disunited ;
sundered ;
strained ;
apart ;
as ,
a broken reed ;
broken friendship .
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4 .
Made infirm or weak ,
by disease ,
age ,
or hardships .
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The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken . --
G .
Eliot .
[
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The broken soldier ,
kindly bade to stay ,
Sat by his fire ,
and talked the night away .
--
Goldsmith .
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5 .
Subdued ;
humbled ;
contrite .
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The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit . --
Ps .
li .
17 .
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6 .
Subjugated ;
trained for use ,
as a horse .
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7 .
Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope ;
blighted . "
Her broken love and life ." --
G .
Eliot .
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8 .
Not carried into effect ;
not adhered to ;
violated ;
as ,
a broken promise ,
vow ,
or contract ;
a broken law .
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9 .
Ruined financially ;
incapable of redeeming promises made ,
or of paying debts incurred ;
as ,
a broken bank ;
a broken tradesman .
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10 .
Imperfectly spoken ,
as by a foreigner ;
as ,
broken English ;
imperfectly spoken on account of emotion ;
as ,
to say a few broken words at parting .
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Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators . --
Macaulay .
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{
Broken ground }.
(
a ) (
Mil .)
Rough or uneven ground ;
as ,
the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground .
(
b )
Ground recently opened with the plow .
{
Broken line } (
Geom .),
the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order .
{
Broken meat },
fragments of meat or other food .
{
Broken number },
a fraction .
{
Broken weather },
unsettled weather .
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268 Moby Thesaurus words for "
broken ":
aggravated ,
aloof ,
ausgespielt ,
bankrupt ,
beaten ,
blasted ,
blighted ,
broke ,
broken off ,
broken -
down ,
brought low ,
bumpy ,
burned ,
burst ,
busted ,
capricious ,
careening ,
catchy ,
chastened ,
checked ,
chipped ,
chopped -
off ,
choppy ,
coarse ,
coarse -
grained ,
conditioned ,
conquered ,
corrugated ,
cracked ,
crazed ,
cross -
grained ,
crushed ,
cut ,
damaged ,
debilitated ,
decousu ,
defeated ,
defied ,
dejected ,
demoralized ,
desolated ,
destitute ,
destroyed ,
desultory ,
detached ,
deteriorated ,
devastated ,
deviative ,
disciplined ,
disconnected ,
discontinued ,
discontinuous ,
discouraged ,
discrete ,
disintegrated ,
disjointed ,
disjunctive ,
disobeyed ,
dispirited ,
disregarded ,
disturbed ,
docile ,
domesticated ,
done for ,
done in ,
dovelike ,
down -
and -
out ,
eccentric ,
embittered ,
enfeebled ,
episodic ,
erratic ,
exacerbated ,
failed ,
fallen ,
felled ,
finished ,
fitful ,
flattened ,
flickering ,
fluctuating ,
fractured ,
fragmentary ,
fragmented ,
gapped ,
gentle ,
gone to pot ,
grainy ,
granulated ,
guttering ,
halting ,
harmed ,
haywire ,
herky -
jerky ,
heteroclite ,
homespun ,
horripilant ,
housebroke ,
housebroken ,
humble ,
humbled ,
humiliated ,
hurt ,
ignored ,
immethodical ,
impaired ,
imperfect ,
in bits ,
in disrepair ,
in pieces ,
in receivership ,
in ruins ,
in shards ,
incoherent ,
inconsistent ,
inconstant ,
inequal ,
infringed ,
injured ,
inoperative ,
insolvent ,
intermittent ,
intermitting ,
interrupted ,
irregular ,
irremediable ,
irritated ,
jagged ,
jerky ,
jolty ,
kaput ,
lacerated ,
lamblike ,
licked ,
linsey -
woolsey ,
lurching ,
made to grovel ,
mangled ,
mastered ,
meek ,
mild ,
mutilated ,
nonadherent ,
nonadhesive ,
noncoherent ,
noncohesive ,
noncontinuous ,
nonlinear ,
nonsequential ,
nonserial ,
nonuniform ,
obedient ,
on the blink ,
on the fritz ,
on the rocks ,
open ,
out of commission ,
out of condition ,
out of gear ,
out of joint ,
out of kelter ,
out of kilter ,
out of order ,
out of repair ,
out of tune ,
out of whack ,
overthrown ,
pacific ,
parenthetic ,
patchy ,
peaceable ,
pimply ,
pitted ,
pocky ,
potholed ,
pulverized ,
put down ,
quelled ,
quiet ,
rambling ,
rank ,
ravaged ,
reduced ,
rent ,
ripply ,
rough ,
rough -
cast ,
rough -
grained ,
rough -
hewn ,
ruffled ,
ruined ,
ruinous ,
ruptured ,
rutted ,
rutty ,
scalded ,
scorched ,
scrappy ,
shagged ,
shaggy ,
shattered ,
shivered ,
slashed ,
slit ,
smashed ,
snatchy ,
spasmatic ,
spasmic ,
spasmodic ,
spastic ,
splintered ,
split ,
spoiled ,
sporadic ,
spotty ,
sprung ,
staggering ,
subdued ,
subjugated ,
suppressed ,
suspended ,
tame ,
tamed ,
tenuous ,
textured ,
the worse for ,
torn ,
trained ,
transgressed ,
unadhesive ,
uncertain ,
uncoherent ,
uncohesive ,
unconnected ,
undone ,
unequal ,
uneven ,
unjoined ,
unkempt ,
unlevel ,
unmethodical ,
unmetrical ,
unpolished ,
unrefined ,
unregular ,
unrhythmical ,
unsettled ,
unsmooth ,
unsteady ,
unsuccessive ,
unsystematic ,
untenacious ,
ununiform ,
vanquished ,
variable ,
veering ,
violated ,
wandering ,
wasted ,
wavering ,
weakened ,
wimpled ,
wobbling ,
wobbly ,
worse ,
worse off ,
worsened ,
wrecked
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