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| 1 | C a short period of time when you stop what you are doing so that you can eat or rest 休息（时间）；间歇 |
| Doctors and nurses worked 18 hours without a break. 医生和护士不间断地工作了18小时。 |
| +from A short nap can provide a much needed break from daily stress. 小睡一会儿能够提供日常紧张所需的休息。 |
| have/take a break We decided to take a short break. 我们决定休息一会儿。 |
| a lunch/tea/coffee etc break They usually went shopping in their lunch break. 他们通常利用午餐休息时间去购物。 |
| | 1a | C a rest from the work or job that you usually do （工间）休息 | | I could do with a break (=I need one) . 我需要休息一下。 | | +from The art class is the only time I can get a break from the kids. 美术课是我唯一能躲开孩子们休息一下的时间。 | | have/take a break (from) I decided to take a break from college and do some travelling. 我决定休学一段时间去旅行。 | |
| | 1b | C a short holiday 短假期 | | a weekend break for two in Florence 佛罗伦萨周末双人假期 | |
| | 1c | C a period of time when most people do not go to work 假期 | | the Easter/Christmas break 复活节/圣诞假期 | |
| | 1d | U a period of time between lessons when students and teachers can eat , rest , or play . AMERICANrecess 课间休息 | | They always play together during break. 他们课间休息时总在一起玩。 | |
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| 2 | C a pause between television or radio programmes, especially when advertisements are broadcast （电视或广播节目中的）间歇；（尤指）插播广告的间歇 |
| We’ ll be back after the break. 广告之后我们再回来。 |
| | 2a | singular a pause in a sports match （体育比赛的）间歇，休息时间 | | the half-time break 中场休息 | |
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| 3 | C a time at which one thing ends completely and a new thing begins 突变；决裂；转折期 |
| Blair represented a decisive break after eighteen years of Conservative government. 布莱尔代表了保守党政府执政18年后的一种决定性的转折。 |
| +with a break with the past 与过去的决裂 |
| make the break (=finally leave a job, relationship etc) a story about a woman who makes the break from an abusive relationship 辞职；断绝关系；决裂 |
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| 4 | C a space in something such as a line of traffic 空隙；空间 |
| He waited for ages for a break in the traffic. 他在车流中等了很久才等到一个空当。 |
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| 5 | C a place where something is broken 裂缝；破裂处 |
| There was a small break at the corner of the frame. 在框架的角上有一条小裂缝。 |
| | 5a | a place where a bone is broken 骨折处 | |
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| 6 | C usually singular an opportunity that helps you to be successful 机会；机缘；好运 |
| a lucky break 好运气 |
| Kiefer’ s big break came with the film Stand By Me. 影片《伴我同行》给基弗带来了大红大紫的机会。 |
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| 7 | C usually singular a sudden lack of control in someone’ s voice that shows they are upset （因难过而造成的嗓音）突变 |
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| 8 | C in tennis , a game that someone wins when their opponent is serving （网球的）破发局 |
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| 9 | C in snooker or billiards , the number of points a player scores during a single series of shots （斯诺克或台球戏的）一次连续得分，一杆得分 |
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| - | break of day literary
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| the time when it begins to get light in the morning |
| 破晓；黎明 |
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| - | give sb a break
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| 1 | informal to stop criticizing someone 不再批评某人；停止指责某人 | It’ s time the national press gave her a break. 全国新闻界应该停止指责她了。 | |
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| 2 | to do something that helps someone 帮忙 | A nurse visits once a week to give Jessica’ s mother a break. 护士每星期来给杰西卡的母亲帮一次忙。 | |
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| - | give me a break spoken
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| used for showing that you are annoyed by something someone has said or done , or that you do not think that what they have said is true |
| 得了吧；我才不信 |
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| - | make a break (for sth)
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| to suddenly run away from someone in order to escape |
| （往某物的方向）逃去 |
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| He made a break for the exit. 他往出口处逃去。 |
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