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'breakdown truck (6r£) (NAmE 'tow truck) noun a truck that is used for taking cars away to be repaired when they have had a breakdown (把故障车辆ik去修 理的）救备车一picture 〇 truck break-er /'breika(r)/ noun a large wave covered with white bubbles that is moving towards land 拍岸 的白浪一see also circuit-breaker, icebreaker,

HOUSEBREAKER, LAWBREAKER, RECORD-BREAKER, STRIKE-BREAKER, TIEBREAKER bireak.fast 〇■» /’brekfast/ /70W/7,叱冷

■                  noM/i [C, U] the first meal of the day 早餐；早饭：a big/ heart^ligfit breafc/ast量大的品/量少的早餐◊ (espec/fl//y a coofced breafc/ast 热食早餐◊ £>〇 you want bacon and eggs/or breafc/ast?你早饭要吃熏成肉 和鸡蛋吗？ ◊ 77iey were having breafc/ast when I arrived.

至丨〗达时丨也们正在吃早饭。◊ She doesn’t eat much break­fast. 她阜 饭吃得 不多。 —see also BED AND BREAKFAST, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, ENGLISH BREAKFAST, POWER BREAKFAST, WEDDING BREAKFAST See DOG n.

■                  verb [V] ~ (on sth) (formo/) to eat breakfast 吃早饭；用 早餐>

'break-in noun an entry into a building using force, usually to steal sth破门入；闯入；入室偷窃 .breaking and 'entering noun [U] {NAmE or old- fashioned) the crime of entering a building illegally and using force破门侵入《罪）

'breaking point noun [U] the time when problems become so great that a person, an organization or a system can no longer deal with them (问题难以遏制 W )顶点，极限：be at/to reach breaking point 也

于 / 达到极限◊ to be stretched to breaking point 已抻至 极限

break-neck /'breiknek/ adj. [only before noun] very fast and dangerous 飞速惊运的：to Jrive，etc. at breafcnecfc speed亡命飞车等

break-out /'breikaut/ noun an escape from prison, usually by a group of prisoners (常指集体的）越狱：a mass Sreafcout介om a top securi^/prison 从防守高度严 密的监狱的_集体越狱

'break point noun 1 the point where sth, especially a computer program, is interrupted (尤指计算机程序 的）断点，中断点 2 ,break 'point (especially in tennis 尤指_球）a point that the person who is serving must win in order not to lose a game (破对方发球局的）破 发点 3 = BREAKING POINT

break-through /'breikBru:/ noun an important devel­opment that may lead to an agreement or achievement S 大进展；突命：to mafce/achfeve a breakthrough

作出/ $彳琢突破—进展◊ a sign(/iicant breafct/irough in negoriarions 谈#ij中的重大突破◊ a major breakthrough fn cancer researc/i癌®研究中尚重要突破 'break time noun [U] (8rE) = break n.[2)

'break-up noun 1 the ending of a relationship or an association (关系、联系、交往的）破裂，中the breafc-up 〇/ their marriage 他们婚姻的破裂◊ /amiZy 家庭破裂 2 the division of a large organiza­tion or country into smaller parts (组织 、国 家的）_拆 分，分裂，分离

break-water /'breikwo:t0(r)/ noun a wall built out into the sea to protect the shore or harbour from the force of the waves 防波堤

bream /briim/ noun (pi. bream) a freshwater or sea fish that is used for food欧鳊（食用淡水鱼 >;海鲷 breast /brest/ nouny verb mnoun

►                 PART OF BODY 身体部位 1 [C] either of the two round soft parts at the front of a womans body that produce milk when she has had a baby (女子的 > 乳点：She put the baby to her breast.她开始给婴儿_乳。◊ breast cancer 乳遍癌◊ breast # 丸 2 [C] tlie similar, smaller part on a man’s body, which does not produce milk (奐子的）退化乳房 3 [C] (//ferary) the top part of the front of your body, below your neck 胸 _;胸脯

chest ： She cradled the child against her breast. 她把孩子抱在胸前。

CLOTHING 衣服 4 [C] the part of a piece of clothing that