Broke
[brəʊk] or [brok]
解釋/意思:
(imp.) of Break
(-) of Break
(v. i.) To transact business for another.
(v. i.) To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
(-) imp. & p. p. of Break.
艾格尼丝編輯
解釋/意思:
pa.t. and old pa.p. of Break.—p.adj. Brok′en rent asunder: infirm: humbled or crushed: dispersed routed: altered in direction: shattered in estate or position: incomplete fragmentary: uncertain.—adjs. Brok′en-backed having the back broken applied to a ship so loosened in her frame as to droop at both ends; Brok′en-down decayed ruined in character or strength; Brok′en-heart′ed crushed with grief: greatly depressed in spirit.—adv. Brok′enly.—ns. Brok′en-man one under outlawry esp. in the Highlands and Border country; Brok′en-meat the leavings of a banquet; Brok′enness.—adj. Brok′en-wind′ed having short breath or disordered respiration as a horse.
手打:路德维格
娱乐性解釋/意思:
A word expressing the ultimate condition of one who is too much bent on speculating.
手打:奥拉夫
例句/造句/用法:
- He was father's partner, and father broke with him, and now he revenges himself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- No, guardian, I returned, fearful of the light that dimly broke upon me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- She knows I'm a going to tell,' here his delight broke out again, 'and has made off. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- When Mrs. Sykes is afraid of the house being attacked and broke open--as she is every night--I get quite excited. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- This work proved too hard, his health broke down, and he was compelled to give up the position. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Bloody insurrections repeatedly broke out, always traceable ultimately to the pressure of taxation. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Here the peerless Saladin met the Christian host some seven hundred years ago, and broke their power in Palestine for all time to come. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- As she said it, Miss Wren suddenly broke off, screwed up her eyes and her chin, and looked prodigiously knowing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone and thinking on poor England. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- And he was hoisted, first by the mechanism which was used to hoist the arc light but this broke-- 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- In 1801 he built his first steam carriage, adapted to carry seven or eight passengers, which was said to have gone off like a bird, but broke down, and was taken to the home of Capt. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Then suddenly realising the exposure, he broke into a scream and threw himself down with his face to the pillow. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Here Sam sat down with a pleasant smile, and his speech having been vociferously applauded, the company broke up. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- But it was a truism, a phantom, and broke down under the weight of her regret. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- And any one could see that he shook with fear, and that there broke out upon his lips curious white flakes, like thin snow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
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