| 单词 | to break in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto break in to break in 1. transitive. = sense 14. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > training > train [verb (transitive)] to teach of1297 exercec1374 informc1384 schoolc1456 break1474 instruct1510 nuzzle1519 train1531 train1542 frame1547 experience?c1550 to trade up1556 disciplinea1586 disciple1596 nursle1596 accommodate1640 educate1643 model1665 form1711 to break in1785 scholar1807 1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1842) I. 326 Suppose his highness not to be well broken in to things of this kind. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive 3 Savages..who had not broken in a single animal to labour. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xix. 26 I broke a fellow in, once. 1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 97 She must be well broke in to the smell of tobacco. 2. intransitive. [ < sense 42.] To force one's way in, enter forcibly or abruptly; to make an irruption. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > violently inburstc1540 to break in1552 burst1562 bust1838 irrupt1886 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Breake in, irrumpo. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. v. §6. 260 Ptolomies Armie brake in without resistance. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey Ded. The wild beasts..hauing broken in vpon them. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 131. ¶8 When an unexpected Guest breaks in upon him. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. v. 220 I am afraid..I break in upon you abruptly. View more context for this quotation 1884 S. Baring-Gould Mehalah (new ed.) iv. 50 Lest he should be broken in on from the cellar. 3. To infringe upon or interfere with; to interrupt or disturb suddenly or unexpectedly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [verb (intransitive)] > hinder by interference interrupt1412 intervene1649 to break in1657 intercedea1661 to queer the pitch1846 to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery1907 to gum (up) the works1932 to throw a spanner in the works1934 1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 79 Bring in a Bill, which is as effectual. Otherwise business will break in upon you. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 5 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1209 Some little passion or humour always breaks in upon their best resolutions. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 70 Whenever a standing rule of law..hath been wantonly broke in upon by statutes or new resolutions. 1806 G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 251 I would..break in upon these [arrangements] to call in Clarges Street. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. 5 Those sudden storms which will sometimes break in upon the serenity of a summer voyage. 1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) II. 378 The booming of cannon broke in upon the singing of the psalms. 4. To interpose abruptly in a conversation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > interruption > interrupt or interpose [verb (intransitive)] chop in1550 to speak in a man's cast1580 to break through1659 interpose1667 interrupt1667 to break in1705 to catch up1764 to get ina1774 to strike in1791 to get a word, etc. in edgeways1824 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 101 The Doctor's Character..with a deep Voice, and a Magisterial Air breaks in upon Conversation, and drives down all before him. 1807 A. M. Porter Hungarian Brothers II. ix. 251 ‘You remember the circumstance,’ added the Marshal, seeing Charles about to interrupt him; ‘but I'll not be broken in on.’ 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 74 Feeling the certainty of being right..the father broke in. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 9 In the discussion..Glaucon breaks in with a slight jest. 5. [ < sense 39.] To burst or flash upon. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly smitec1450 shoot1542 rejounce1556 to break in1713 to cross one's mind, etc. (rarely to cross one)1768 surge up1853 strobe1977 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous iii. 165 A new Light breaks in upon my Understanding. 1742–3 Observ. Methodists 14 Fresh Emanations of Divine Light break in upon..my Soul. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ii. 58 Had these lights but broken in upon an earlier period. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. ii. iv. xii. 262 Not the faintest flash of the real state of the case broke in upon her mind. 6. (See quot. 1823). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > work with bricks [verb (intransitive)] > cut hole in brickwork to break in1823 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 220 To Break in—To cut or break a hole in brick-work, with the ripping-chisel for inserting timber, etc. 7. In paper-manufacture, to subject (rags) to a process of washing and pulping. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > paper-making > make paper [verb (transitive)] > specific processes planish1361 calender1513 couch1751 watermarkc1800 part1809 satin1839 re-reel1860 to break in1865 hot press1875 tub-size1880 reslush1938 1865 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 243 They are thoroughly washed and partly pulped; or, as it is technically called, broken in. 8. To bring (virgin land) into cultivation. Also breaking-in. Australian and New Zealand (originally dialect: see Eng. Dial. Dict. and Sc. National Dict.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] amendment1483 improvement1549 improvinga1563 recoverya1632 mendment1644 cultivation1791 reclaim1799 reclamation1810 intaking1812 redemption1812 clearing1821 reclaimment1852 land reclamation1881 breaking-in1891 greening1955 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] ina1387 reclaim1440 improve1523 win1531 mitigate1601 reform1607 stuba1650 regain1652 redeem1671 reduce1726 to bring to1814 to bring in1860 to break in1891 green1967 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. i. 24 The single-furrow plough is employed to break in the land. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. vi. 109 Such results are only expected for a few years after breaking in until the wood ashes left after burning the bush are exhausted. 1939 E. E. Vaile Pioneering Pumice v. 99 I was breaking in some country about two and a half miles from the homestead. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Feb. 141/1 In many parts of the North Island, farm country still offers a stubborn resistance to breaking-in. to break in b. In Cricket. A ball bowled is said to break when it changes its course after it has pitched: the bowler causes this by his delivery. It is said to break back when it breaks in from the off, to break in, when it breaks from the leg side. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (intransitive)] > motion of ball to make haste?a1475 twist?1801 cut1816 shoot1816 curl1833 hang1838 work1838 break1847 spin1851 turn1851 bump1856 bite1867 pop1871 swerve1894 to kick up1895 nip1899 swing1900 google1907 move1938 seam1960 to play (hit, etc.) across the line1961 1847 W. Denison Cricketer's Compan. 1846 p. xix The tendency of his bowling is to make the ball break back from the ‘off’, to the ‘leg’. 1866 ‘Capt. R. Crawley’ Cricket 36 A..ball breaking in from the leg-side. 1882 Daily Tel. 17 May Clean bowled by a trimmer from Barnes, the ball apparently breaking back. < as lemmas |
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