brake

英 [breɪk] 美 [breɪk]

• n. 制动器；闸；刹车
• v. 刹车

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]制动器; 闸; 刹车

   device for reducing the speed of or stopping a car, bicycle, train, etc.

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 刹车

   (cause to) slow down or stop

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 揉面机
2. 麻梳
3. 灌木丛
4. 揉碎机
5. 重型耙
6. 剥皮器
7. 压弯成形机
8. 制动器，制动装置
9. 闸
10. 煞车
11. 阻碍，约束
12. 泵柄，泵杆
13. 草丛
14. 【植】蕨
15. 羊齿类
16. 荆棘
17. 【植】大羊齿

v. 动词

1. 揉碎
2. 煞住（车），煞车，制动，刹（车）
3. 抑制，约束
4. 制动器起作用
5. 关（闸）
6. 剥（麻）
7. 用麻梳梳
8. 用大耙碎（土）
9. 用揉面机揉（面）
10. 用榨汁机榨（汁）
11. 减退
12. 用闸减速

英英释义

Noun:

1. a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle

2. any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants

3. large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

4. an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant

5. anything that slows or hinders a process;

   "she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"
   "new legislation will put the brakes on spending"
   

Verb:

1. stop travelling by applying a brake;

   "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
   

2. cause to stop by applying the brakes;

   "brake the car before you go into a curve"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There's too much travel on the brake, it needs tightening.
   制动器太松了，需要调紧。
2. After the work, remember to shut off the brake and remain neatness.
   使用后必须拉闸,要保持卫生。
3. The brake doesn't grip properly.
   刹车不灵了。
4. A lot of the cost of maintenance go into renew brake.
   很多的维修费用都花在了更换煞车方面。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The car in front of me stopped suddenly and I had to brake.
   我前面那辆小汽车突然停住，我只好刹车。
2. The driver braked his car suddenly.
   司机突然煞车。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. My brakes failed.
   我的刹车失灵了。
2. A driver uses brakes to arrest his car's speed.
   司机用刹车降低车速。
3. The rise in interest rates acted as a brake on expenditure.
   利率的提高产生了抑制消费的作用。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He braked suddenly.
   他突然刹车。
2. I braked hard as a dog ran onto the road in front of me.
   一只狗跑到汽车前面的路上,我猛踩刹车。

S+～+to- v

1. She braked suddenly to avoid the dog.
   为了不撞着那条狗,她突然紧急刹车。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The driver braked his car.
   司机刹住车子。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• apply brakes 用〔踩〕刹车
• press on the brake 踩刹车踏板
• put on the brake suddenly 紧急刹住
• release a brake 放开制动器
• slam on the brakes 把车刹住
• step on the brakes 把车刹住
• take off the brake 开闸
• act as a brake upon 阻碍,控制
• put a brake on 停止进行…
• put a brake on plans for expansion 停止进行扩充计划

形容词+～

• hydraulic brake 液压制动器
• mechanical brake 机械制动器

名词+～

• foot brake 脚刹车
• hand brake 手刹车
• power brake 动力刹车
• air brake 气闸
• emergency brake 紧急制动器

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的brekon，意为制动。

近反义词

【近义词】

• decelerate (使)减速
• curb 路边
• slow down 减速
• slow 慢的
• put on the brakes 使用刹车(放慢工作速度)...
• slow up 使慢下来(减速...
• ease up 缓和
• let up 减少
• restraint 克制
• constraint 约束
• control 掌控
• limitation 限制
• damper 风阀
• deterrent 威慑的
• discouragement 挫折
• stop 停止
• down 向下
• break 打碎
• bracken 欧洲蕨
• Pteridium aquilinum 蕨