breadboard

keeping bread in so that it stays fresh 面包箱（存放面

包用>

bread-board /'bredbord; NAmE -boird/ noun a flat board used for cutting bread on 切面包板 bread-crumbs /'bredkrAmz/ noun [pi.] very small pieces of bread that can be used in cooing 面包屑 bread.ed /_bredid/ covered in breadcrumbs 裹着面 包屑的

bread-fruit /'bredfruit/ noun [C, U] (pi. bread-fruit) a large tropical fruit with a thick skin, that tastes and feels like bread when it is cooked. It grows on a tree which is called a ‘breadfruit tree’.面包果（皮厚个大，

煮熟似p包）

bread-line /'bredlain/ noun [sing.] [Br£) the level of income of very poor people贫困卢尚收入水平；贫困 线：Many people without jobs are living on the bread- Hne (= are very poor).很多没工作的人生活十分贫苦。 .bread 'pudding noun [\J, C] a heavy cake or dessert (=sweet dish) made by pouring eggs and milk over bread and then cooking it with dried fruit and sugar 面包布丁（加蛋奶等制成）

.bread 'roilnoun = rollaj.(3)

,bread 'sauce noun [U] a thick sauce made with bread and spices, often served with chicken or turkey 面包

调味汁（_吃鸡或火鸡等用>

bread*stick /'bredstik/ noun 1 a long thin piece of bread, which is dry like a biscuit 棍子面包；面包棒 2 a piece of fresh bread, baked in the shape of a small stick小棍状烤面包

VOCABULARY BUILDING 词汇扩充 words that mean ‘break’表示弄碎、破碎的词

burst

(使）胀破， 爆裂 crack (使）爆裂， 破裂，开裂 crumble 弄碎；碎成 细屑 cut

切；割；剪 fracture

(使）折断， 断裂 shatter

(使)裂成碎 片，粉碎 smash (使）粉碎， 破碎 snap

(使）啪的一 声断裂 split

(使）裂开叫 撕开 tear

撕开；撕碎

The balloon hit a tree and burst

气球碰到树上就爆了^

The ice started to crack.

冰开始裂了。

Crumble the cheese into a bowl.

将干酪弄碎放进碗里。

Now cut the wire in two.

现在将电线剪成两段。

He fell and fractured his hip.

他跌了一跤将髋关节摔裂。

The vase hit the floor and shattered.

花瓶掉在地板上摔了个粉碎。

Vandals had smashed two windows.

恣意破坏公物者打碎了两扇窗户。

/ snapped the pencil in half.

我啪的一声将铅笔折成两段。

The bag had split open on the way home.

在回家的路上袋子裂开了。

She tore the letter into pieces.

她把信撕碎了。

■ All these verbs, except cut, can be used with or without an object. _ cut外，上述动词均可带宾语或

不带宾语。

breadth /bred0/ noun [U, C] 1 the distance or measurement from one side to the other; how broad or wide sth is 宽度 EPm width ： She estimated the breadth of the iafce to be 500 metres.她估计湖面大约有500米宽。 —compare length(I) 2 a wide range (of knowledge,