break (up) a monkey

• 打破垄断

英英释义

名词 break:

1. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

2. an unexpected piece of good luck

3. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

4. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

5. a pause from doing something (as work)

6. the act of breaking something

7. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

8. breaking of hard tissue such as bone

9. the occurrence of breaking

10. an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

11. the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

12. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

13. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

14. a sudden dash

15. any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

16. an escape from jail

动词 break:

1. terminate

2. become separated into pieces or fragments

3. render inoperable or ineffective

4. ruin completely

5. destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

6. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

7. move away or escape suddenly

8. scatter or part

9. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

10. prevent completion

11. enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

12. make submissive, obedient, or useful

13. fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

14. surpass in excellence

15. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

16. come into being

17. stop operating or functioning

18. interrupt a continued activity

19. make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

20. curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

21. lessen in force or effect

22. be broken in

23. come to an end

24. vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

25. cause to give up a habit

26. give up

27. come forth or begin from a state of latency

28. happen or take place

29. cause the failure or ruin of

30. invalidate by judicial action

31. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

32. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

33. reduce to bankruptcy

34. change directions suddenly

35. emerge from the surface of a body of water

36. break down, literally or metaphorically

37. do a break dance

38. exchange for smaller units of money

39. destroy the completeness of a set of related items

40. make the opening shot that scatters the balls

41. separate from a clinch, in boxing

42. go to pieces

43. break a piece from a whole

44. become punctured or penetrated

45. pierce or penetrate

46. be released or become known; of news

47. cease an action temporarily

48. interrupt the flow of current in

49. undergo breaking

50. find a flaw in

51. find the solution or key to

52. change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

53. happen

54. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

55. crack; of the male voice in puberty

56. fall sharply

57. fracture a bone of

58. diminish or discontinue abruptly

59. weaken or destroy in spirit or body