| 单词 | broken |
| 释义 | broken past part. of BREAK(1). --adj 1. that has been broken; out of order. 2. (of a person) reduced to despair; beaten. 3. (of a language or of speech) spoken falteringly and with many mistakes, as by a foreigner (broken English). 4. disturbed, interrupted (broken time). 5. uneven (broken ground). Phrases and idioms broken chord Mus. a chord in which the notes are played successively. broken-down 1. worn out by age, use, or ill-treatment. 2. out of order. broken-hearted overwhelmed with sorrow or grief. broken-heartedness grief. broken home a family in which the parents are divorced or separated. broken reed a person who has become unreliable or ineffective. broken wind heaves (see HEAVE n. 3). broken-winded (of a horse) disabled by ruptured air-cells in the lungs. Derivatives brokenly adv. brokenness n. |
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