| 单词 | give me/us a break! |
| 释义 | give me/us a break! informal used to express impatient irritation: spare me! an act or action of breaking the opening shot in a game of snooker, billiards, or pool a condition produced by, or as if by, breaking; a gap a break in the clouds a discontinuation of previously good relations; = breach1 (3) a gap in an otherwise continuous electric circuit the action or act of breaking in, out, or forth a jail break a dash or rush the act of separating after a clinch in boxing a discontinuity in space or time, e.g.: an abrupt or noteworthy departure from tradition in manners, morals, artistic production, etc an abrupt or noteworthy change or interruption in a continuous process or trend a respite from work or duty Brit a daily pause for play and refreshment at school a planned interruption in a radio or television programme a brief holiday the change in direction of forward travel of a cricket ball on bouncing, usu resulting from spin imparted by the bowler the deviation of a pitched baseball from a straight line a slow ball bowled in cricket that moves in a specified direction on bouncing an off break failure of a horse to continue to move in a required manner (also break of service) the action or an instance of breaking an opponent's service at tennis a sequence of successful shots or strokes, or a score thus made a break of 86 in snooker a marked change in the quality of the sound of a voice or musical instrument a place, situation, or time at which a break occurs, e.g.: the point where one musical register changes to another a short ornamental passage between phrases in jazz the place at which a word is divided, esp at the end of a line of print or writing informal a stroke of good luck an opportunity or chance I'm still waiting for my big break an act of moving ahead of the main body of riders in a bicycle road race, or the group of riders who have moved ahead in this manner the eight-man break — Cycling Main Entry: break give me/us a break! informal expressing impatient irritation: spare me! Main Entry: break |
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