单词 | brake harrow |
释义 | brake harrow in British English (breɪk ˈhærəʊ) noun another name for brake1 (sense 3) brake in British English 1 (breɪk) noun 1. a. (often plural) a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of friction See also drum brake, disc brake, hydraulic brake, air brake, handbrakeb. (as modifier) the brake pedal 2. a machine or tool for crushing or breaking flax or hemp to separate the fibres 3. Also called: brake harrow a heavy harrow for breaking up clods 4. short for brake van 5. short for shooting brake 6. an open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage Also spelt: break7. an obsolete word for rack1 (sense 4) verb 8. to slow down or cause to slow down, by or as if by using a brake 9. (transitive) to crush or break up using a brake Derived forms brakeless (ˈbrakeless) adjective Word origin C18: from Middle Dutch braeke; related to breken to break |
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