| 单词 | breaking-point |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreaking-point breaking-point n. (a) the point, or degree of stress, at which a particular material breaks; (b) figurative the point at which a person's strength or endurance fails, or at which a situation becomes critical. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > oppression, persecution, or affliction > point at which endurance fails breaking-point1899 snapping-point1933 the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > stress or force exerted and tending to deform > [noun] > breaking stress or strain breaking-strain1886 breaking-point1899 breaking-stress1940 1899 I. Pitman Key to Business Corr. 23 The breaking point of the yarn is guaranteed to be not less than 36 pounds weight for 120 yards. 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air iv. 102 Elaborating the apparatus of war, until the accumulating tensions should reach the breaking-point. 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air xi. 353 Under the stresses of the war their endurance reached the breaking point. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 355 Transparent stockings, stretched to breaking point. < as lemmas |
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