English Dictionary

break

/bɹeɪk/

noun

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces. / A physical space that opens up in something or between two things. / (UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.

I need a break from work.

意味（1）

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.

意味（2）

A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.

The sun came out in a break in the clouds.

意味（3）

(UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.

意味（4）

A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.

winter break, spring break

意味（5）

A short holiday.

a weekend break on the Isle of Wight

意味（6）

A temporary split with a romantic partner.

I think we need a break.

意味（7）

An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.

But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.

意味（8）

A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.

big break

意味（9）

(finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.

Following the invasion of France by the Germans in May of 1940, the securities markets experienced a break in prices.

意味（10）

The beginning (of the morning).

daybreak

意味（11）

An act of escaping.

make a break for it, for the door

意味（12）

(computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.

No matter how much text you add above the break, the text after the break will always appear at the top of a new page.

意味（13）

(computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.

意味（14）

(programming) Short for breakpoint.

意味（15）

(Britain, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.

意味（16）

(tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).

意味（17）

(billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.

意味（18）

(snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.

意味（19）

(soccer) The counter-attack.

Blackpool were not without their opportunities - thanks to their willingness to commit and leave men forward even when under severe pressure - and they looked very capable of scoring on the break.

意味（20）

(golf) The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.

意味（21）

(surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).

The final break in the Greenmount area is Kirra Point.

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(horse racing) The start of a horse race.

Cigar was distracted at the break and let his five opponents get the jump.

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(dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

意味（24）

(equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.

Pampered jades […] which need nor break nor bit.

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(music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.

The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note.

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(music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.

Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master.

意味（27）

(music) The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.

Of the Registers of the Voice - All singers have observed that there are certain parts of the Vocal Scale where a break, as it is called, seldom fails to occur.

意味（28）

(geography, chiefly in the plural) An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).

意味（29）

(obsolete, slang) An error.

Maybe he will some day, says the Missus, and then her and Bessie pretended like they'd made a break and was embarrassed.