Rupture

['rʌptʃə] or ['rʌptʃɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of making a sudden noisy break.

(noun.) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); 'they hoped to avoid a break in relations'.

(noun.) state of being torn or burst open.

阿奇校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.

(n.) Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.

(n.) Hernia. See Hernia.

(n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.

(v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.

(v. t.) To produce a hernia in.

(v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.

爱丽丝錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Breach, fracture, disruption.[2]. Quarrel, feud, altercation, squabble, contention, hostility.[3]. Hernia.

v. a. Break, burst.

錄入:玛丽埃塔

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Breaking, bursting, tearing, laceration, partition, disruption, breach, dissolution,fracture, break, severance, disseverance, discerption, disorganization,separation, dilaceration, dismemberment

ANT:Union, uniting, healing, fusion, amalgamation, coalition, suture, junction,reunion

編輯:洛拉

解釋/意思:

n. the act of breaking or bursting: the state of being broken: a breach of the peace: hernia (q.v.) esp. abdominal.—v.t. to break or burst: to part by violence.—v.i. to suffer a breach: (bot.) to dehisce irregularly.—adj. Rup′tile (bot.) dehiscent by an irregular splitting of the walls.—n. Rup′tion a breach.—adj. Rup′tive.—n. Rup′tūary a member of the plebeian class.

校對:伦道夫