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1- (especially of a pipe or vessel, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly（尤指管子, 容器, 器官或细胞膜等身体部位）破裂, 裂开：
if the main artery ruptures he could die.
如果主动脉破裂, 他可能会死掉。
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- with obj. cause to break or burst suddenly and completely使破裂, 使裂开：
the impact ruptured both fuel tanks.
冲击使两个燃料箱都破裂了。
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- with obj. suffer such a bursting of (a bodily part)（身体部位）破裂, 崩溃：
it was her first match since rupturing an Achilles tendon.
这是她跟腱撕裂后参加的第一场比赛。
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- （be ruptured 或rupture oneself）suffer an abdominal hernia发疝气：
one of the boys was ruptured and needed to be fitted with a truss.
一个男孩发疝气, 需要安装疝带。
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- with obj. figurative breach or disturb (a harmonious feeling or situation)〈喻〉破坏（和谐感或和谐状态）; 断绝（关系）：
once trust and confidence has been ruptured it can be difficult to regain.
一旦信任遭到破坏就很难恢复。
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- an instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely破裂, 裂开：
a small hairline crack could develop into a rupture
一个细小裂纹可能导致破裂
mass noun the patient died after rupture of an aneurysm.那个病人因动脉瘤破裂而死亡。
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- figurative a breach of a harmonious relationship〈喻〉（融洽关系的）破裂, 决裂, 断绝：
the rupture with his father would never be healed.
他与父亲关系的破裂永远无法恢复。
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- an abdominal hernia疝。
词源
late Middle English (as a noun)： from Old French rupture or Latin ruptura, from rumpere 'to break'. The verb dates from the mid 18th cent.