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单词 break bulk
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break1 /brāk/

transitive verb (pat broke, archaic brake; pap brōˈken or, less usu, broke)
  1. To divide, part or sever, wholly or partially
  2. To rupture, burst
  3. To shatter, crush
  4. To destroy the continuity or integrity of
  5. To damage (something) so that it fails to work
  6. To interrupt (a fall, journey, etc)
  7. To escape forcibly from (informal)
  8. To make a forced entry to
  9. To bruise or penetrate the surface of
  10. To break a bone in, or separate the bones of
  11. To overcome or wear out
  12. To tame or habituate to obedience (see also break in below)
  13. To crush the spirit of
  14. To cure (of a habit)
  15. To violate (eg a law, promise, bounds or prison)
  16. To set aside (eg a will)
  17. To cut up (an animal's body)
  18. To unfurl
  19. To decipher (a code)
  20. To impart (esp with delicacy)
  21. To make bankrupt
  22. To demote or cashier
  23. To improve on (a particular time, number of strokes, etc for a course or distance)
  24. To arpeggiate (music)
  25. To cause to change from a simple vowel to a diphthong (linguistics)
intransitive verb
  1. To separate
  2. To come apart, or go to pieces, esp suddenly
  3. To give way
  4. To start away, make a sudden burst of speed
  5. To disperse
  6. To burst forth (usu with out)
  7. To force a passage (with out or through)
  8. To pass suddenly into a condition or action (eg into laughter, revolt, sweat, spots; with out)
  9. (of flowers) in plant-breeding, to become variegated or striped
  10. To pause for rest or refreshment
  11. (of eg day, hope, a scene) to come into view, appear suddenly
  12. (of news) suddenly to become generally known
  13. To become bankrupt
  14. (of a boy's voice at puberty) to change suddenly
  15. To collapse
  16. (of a wave) to burst into foam
  17. To sever a connection, friendship (with)
  18. (of a ball) to change direction (cricket, golf)
  19. To break the balls (see below) (snooker, etc)
  20. To change from a simple vowel to a diphthong under influence of a neighbouring sound (linguistics)
  21. (of the weather) to change suddenly, esp after a settled period
  22. (of cloud, etc) to disperse
noun
  1. An act of breaking
  2. The state of being broken
  3. An opening or crack
  4. A discontinuity
  5. A breach in a relationship
  6. A pause, interval or interruption
  7. A pause for rest or refreshment
  8. An instrumental passage or solo in jazz or pop music
  9. A consecutive series of successful strokes (snooker, croquet, etc)
  10. The number of points so scored at snooker, etc
  11. A continuous run of anything
  12. The opening shot in snooker, billiards, etc
  13. The start of a horse race
  14. The deviation of a ball on striking the pitch (cricket)
  15. An instance of breaking service (tennis)
  16. Onset (of the monsoon)
  17. A social blunder (US)
  18. A chance (as in an even break)
  19. A good chance, an opportunity
  20. A piece of luck, good or bad
ORIGIN: OE brecan; Ger brechen

breakˈable adjective

Able to be (easily) broken

noun

(esp in pl) an item that can be (easily) broken

breakˈableness noun

breakˈage noun

  1. The act of breaking or its consequences
  2. The article or quantity broken

breakˈer noun

  1. A person or machine that breaks something
  2. A wave broken on rocks or on the shore
  3. Someone who broadcasts on Citizens' Band radio (slang)

breakˈing noun and adjective

breakˈaway noun

  1. Revolt, defection
  2. Withdrawal, secession
  3. An escape
  4. A sudden attacking movement in various sports
  5. An escape
  6. A stampede or stampeding animal (Aust)

adjective

Having seceded, defected, etc

breakˈback adjective

Crushing

break bad

(chiefly US sl) to turn from a moral way of life to an immoral one

breakˈbeat noun

In house music, etc, a short sample of drum beats or other rhythm taken from old soul or jazz records and repeated to make a new rhythm

breakbone fever noun

Dengue

break crop noun (agriculture)

A crop grown in rotation with cereals

breakˈdance noun

A street dance, usu to sampled music, using some routines drawn from gymnastics

intransitive verb

To perform such a dance

breakˈdancer noun

breakˈdancing noun

breakˈdown noun

  1. A stoppage through accident
  2. Collapse
  3. A nervous breakdown
  4. Disintegration
  5. A vigorous and noisy American dance
  6. The sudden passage of current through an insulating material at a particular voltage (elec eng)
  7. An analysis, investigation of data under different headings

adjective

Assisting after a breakdown, etc, eg breakdown truck or breakdown gang a vehicle or gang that clears and tows away a vehicle after a breakdown or wreckage after an accident

breakdown voltage noun (elec eng)

The potential difference at which breakdown (qv above) occurs

break-even see break even below.

break fee noun (finance)

A payment made by one party in a financial agreement to another in order to escape from the terms of the agreement

breakˈ-front noun and adjective

(a bookcase, wardrobe, etc) having a centre section projecting beyond the two end sections

breakˈ-in noun

An illegal (and sometimes violent) entering of a building

breaking point noun

The point at which a person, relationship, situation, etc breaks down under stress

breaking stress noun (engineering)

The stress necessary to break a material, either in tension or compression

breakˈ-jaw adjective

Very difficult to pronounce accurately

breakˈneck adjective

Headlong, very fast, usu dangerously so

break of day noun

Dawn

breakˈoff noun

A discontinuation, abrupt cessation

breakout see break out below.

break point noun

  1. A point giving a player the opportunity to break service (tennis)
  2. (also breakˈpoint) a point at which a computer program will stop running to allow checking, etc

breakˈ-promise or breakˈ-vow noun (both Shakespeare)

A person who habitually breaks promises or vows

breakˈthrough noun

  1. A forcible passage through a barrier
  2. The solving of a problem, esp scientific, after much effort, opening the way to further developments
  3. Any comparable success

breakthrough bleeding noun

Intermittent discharge of blood from the uterus between menstrual periods

breakˈtime noun

(at school, etc) recess, break between work periods

breakˈ-up noun

  1. Dissolution
  2. Dispersal
  3. An ending of a relationship

break-vow see break-promise above.

breakˈwater noun

A barrier against the force of the waves

breakˈ-wind noun

A windbreak

break a jest

To make a jest, crack a joke

break a lance with

To enter into a contest with

break a leg (theatre)

A phrase used to wish someone good luck

break a record see under record

break a strike see under strike

break away

  1. To make a breakaway
  2. To be scattered, as clouds after a storm

break bread

  1. To have a meal (with)
  2. To administer or take part in Holy Communion (Christianity)

break bulk

  1. To open the hold and take out a portion of the cargo
  2. To begin to use goods supplied in bulk

break camp

To dismantle and pack one's tents, etc

break cover

  1. (of eg a fox) to burst out from concealment
  2. To come out of hiding

break down

  1. To demolish
  2. To crush
  3. To collapse
  4. To be overwhelmed by one's emotions
  5. To suffer a nervous breakdown
  6. To fail completely
  7. To analyse

break even

  1. To avoid making a loss but fail to make a profit
  2. To reach the point at which revenue equals costs (breakˈeven noun and adjective)

break forth

To burst out, issue

break free see break loose below.

break ground see under ground1

break in

  1. (also break) to tame or accustom (an animal) to obedience
  2. To make (shoes, etc) less stiff by use

break in, in on or into

  1. To enter violently
  2. To interpose abruptly

breaking and entering

Housebreaking, illegal entry into property

break into

  1. To begin to use up or spend (something held in reserve, a large denomination note, etc)
  2. To begin an activity suddenly, eg song, laughter

break it down (Aust inf)

Stop it!

break loose or free

  1. To extricate oneself forcibly
  2. To break through all restraint

break no squares

To make no difference, do no harm, matter little

break off

  1. To detach by breaking
  2. To put an abrupt end to
  3. To leave off or stop abruptly

break one's mind (obsolete)

To communicate one's thoughts to someone

break out

  1. To appear suddenly
  2. To break through all restraint
  3. To escape (breakˈout noun)
  4. To become active suddenly
  5. To become covered with (a rash, etc; with in)

break service or break someone's serve (tennis, etc)

To win a game in which one's opponent is serving

break sheer

(of a ship riding at anchor) to be forced by wind or tide out of a position clear of the anchor

break someone's heart

To crush someone emotionally, esp by failing them in love

break the balls (or simply break)

  1. To open the game by striking one of the red balls (snooker)
  2. To open the game by striking the red ball or giving a miss, or to continue the game this way when a similar position occurs (billiards)

break the ice (figurative)

To get through first difficulties, esp restraint on first meeting

break through

To make a breakthrough

break up

  1. To break open
  2. To break in pieces
  3. To go to pieces
  4. To put an end to
  5. To disperse, to part
  6. To end a relationship
  7. (of a school) to close for the holidays
  8. To dig or plough up
  9. To disconcert or upset (informal)
  10. To make helpless with laughter (informal)

break upon the wheel (historical)

To punish by stretching on a wheel and breaking the bones

break wind

To let out flatulence from the bowels

break with

  1. To cease relations with, esp to quarrel with
  2. To cease adherence to (tradition, a habit)

make a break for

To bolt towards

bulk1 /bulk/

noun
  1. Volume or size
  2. Great size
  3. The greater part
  4. Any huge body or structure
  5. A mass
  6. A heap (now only of tobacco)
  7. Roughage
  8. The thickness of paper
  9. The thickness of a book without its covers
  10. A cargo
  11. The belly, trunk or body
  12. A hull or hold
intransitive verb
  1. To have bulk
  2. To fill out (with out or up)
  3. To be of weight or importance
  4. (of paper, etc) to be of (specified) bulk
transitive verb
  1. To put or hold in bulk
  2. To transport (several different consignments) together as a single load
  3. (often with out but also with up) to cause to swell, make greater in size
ORIGIN: Prob ON bulki heap or cargo, confused with OE buc belly; see bouk

bulkˈily adverb

bulkˈiness noun

bulkˈy adjective

  1. Having bulk
  2. Filling much space
  3. Unwieldy

bulkˈ-buyˈ transitive verb

bulk buying noun

  1. Large-scale purchase of a commodity, esp on preferential terms and by a single buyer, sometimes on behalf of a body of consumers
  2. Guaranteed purchase by one country of all or most of another's output of a commodity

bulk cargo noun

Cargo such as coal or wheat that is not packed in containers but loaded in bulk

bulk carrier noun

A vessel carrying bulk cargo

bulk discount noun

A reduction in a unit price when large quantities are purchased

break bulk see under break1

bulk large

  1. To be prominent or intrusive
  2. To seem important

load in bulk

To put cargo in loose

sell in bulk

  1. To sell cargo as it is in the hold
  2. To sell in large quantities
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