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*break²
n
1 [C] a short time when you stop what you are doing in order to rest or eat 小憩，中间休息:
take a break We're all getting tired. Let's take a break for ten minutes. 我们都累了。让我们休息十分钟吧。
lunch/coffee/tea break (=when you stop to have lunch, coffee etc) 午餐时间的休息/喝杯咖啡［茶］休息一下: What time is your lunch break? 你什么时候吃午饭？
2 [C] a short holiday 短暂的假期:
Are you going anywhere over the Easter break? 复活节假期你会去什么地方吗？
3 [C] a pause or space in the middle of something 停顿，间歇; 缝隙:
a break in the conversation 谈话中的停顿
a break in the clouds 云层的缝隙
4 [C] a chance to become successful 机遇; 好运:
The band's big break came when they sang on a local TV show. 该乐队的好运来了，在当地的一个电视节目演唱。
5 [singular 单数] a change that ends a relationship or TRADITION 〔关系的〕断绝; 〔对传统的〕摒弃:
+ with a break with the past 摒弃过去
6 [C] a place where something has been broken 破裂处，裂缝:
It's a nasty break — the bone has splintered. 骨折很严重 — 骨头已经裂成碎片了。
7 break of day literary the time when it first becomes light at the beginning of the day 【文】 黎明，拂晓
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