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mistakes; not fluent说得结结巴巴的；不流利的：to speafc in broken Engfch说着—•口结结巴巴的英语 ► GROUND 地面 7 having a rough surface 凹凸不平的；坎 坷的：an area 〇/broken, rodcy ground 崎岖、多岩石(的

地区

—see also break, broke, broken v.

.broken-'down adj. [usuaHy before noun] in a very bad condition; not working correctly; very tired and sick 状 况很差的；出故障的；夸弱的：a brofcen-down o〖d car/ horse出了毛病的旧车;；衰老的马〇 note at broken .broken 'heart r?ow/i a feeling of great sadness, espe­cially when sb you love has died or left you 破碎的心 ； .哀恸：M) one ever died qf a brofcen heart.从来投有人 因为过度悲伤'而死。►,broken-hearted o办：He was brofcen-hearted when his wi/e died.他的妻子去世.，他伤 心极了。一 compare heartbroken .broken 'home noun a family in which the parents are divorced or separated破裂的i庭；，父母离异（或分居） 的家庭：She comes介om a broken home.她生长无一个 破碎的家庭。

broken-ly /'braukanli; NAmE 'brou-/ adv. (formal) (of sb^ manner of speaking 讲话方式）in phrases that are very short or not complete, with a lot of pauses; not FLUENTLY结结巴巴地；不流利地 broker /'br0uk0(r); NAmE 'brou-/ noun, verb m noun 1 a person who buys and sells things for other people经$人；掮客：an insurance brofcer保险经纪人 2 = STOCKBROKER -- See also HONEST BROKER, PAWN­BROKER, POWER BROKER

■ ve/-fc [VN] to arrange the details of an agreement, espe­cially between different countries. 安排，协商 （协议的 细节，尤指在两国间）：a peace pian brofcered by the LW

由联合国出面协商的和平计划

brokerage /'braukerids; NAmE 'brou-/ noun [U] 1 the business of being a broker 经纪业务：a brokerage _/?nn/house 经纪公司；经纪行 2 an amount of money charged by a broker for work that he/she does 经纪.乂

佣金（或回扣）；

1 broker-dealer     财）.a person who works

on the Stock Exchange buying shares from and selling shares to brokers and the public (证券交易所'的）.交 易经纪人，证券商一 compare jobber brolly /'broli; NAmE 'braili/ noun {pi. -ies) [BrE, informal) =umbrella(I)

brom-ide /'braumaid; NAmE 'brou-/ noun {CyU] a chem­ical which contains bromine, used, especially in the past，to make people feel calm 溴化物（旧时 jb用作镇

静剂I

brom-ine /'breumiin; NAmE 'brou-/ noun [U] (symb Br) a chemical element. Bromine is a dark red poisonous liquid and has a very strong unpleasant smell. It is mainly found in .the form of salts in sea water•溴（富

集于海水）

bron-chial /'brarikial; NAmE 'brair)-/ adj. [usually before noun] {medical E) of or affecting the two main branches of the windpipe (called bronchial tubes) leading to the lungs支气管的：bronchid pneumonia支气管肺炎 —picture o body

brori'Chitis /brDij'kaitis; NAmE braiq-/ noun [U] an illness that affects the bronchial tubes leading to the lungs 支气管炎：He was suffering from chronic bron- chi'tis•他患有慢性支气管炎。► bron.chit.ic/brr^Tkitik; NAmE brail]-/ adj. ： a .bronchitic cough 支气管炎引起的 咳嗽

bron-chus /'brDrikas; NAmE 'bra：]]-/ noun {pi. bron-chi /'brDrjkai; NAmE 'bra：Yj-l) [anatomy M) any one of the system of tubes which make up the main branches of the windpipe through which air passes in and out of the lungs支汽管

bronco /'brDrikau; NAmE 'braiqkou/ noun {pi. -os) a wild horse 〇丨the western US布朗科马；_北.美野马：a bucfcfng bronco.in the rodeo牛仔竞演中一匹马.背跳

跃的野马

bron-to-saurus /.brDnta'soiras; NAmE ,bra:n-/ noun