break 意味 & 読み方

日本語でのbreakの意味

• 0 to separate into two or more pieces, or to make something separate into two or more pieces -- 壊れる（～を壊す）, 割れる（～を割る）

  • They had to break a window to get in.

• 1 to damage a bone in your body -- ～を骨折する

  • She broke her leg in the accident.

• 2 to stop working or to make something stop working -- 故障する, ～を故障させる

  • Who broke the TV?

• 3 to stop an activity and have a short rest -- 休憩する

  • Let’s break for five minutes.

• 4 to not do something that you should do -- （規則や約束）を破る, ～に違反する

  • I don’t like to break promises.

• 5 to come to an end or make something come to an end -- 終わる, ～を終わらせる

  • Eventually someone spoke, breaking the silence.

• 6 to do something that the law says you must not do -- 法律に違反する, 法律を破る

• 7 the act of stopping an activity for a short time, usually to rest -- 休憩

  • a coffee break

• 8 a holiday or period of time away from work or school -- （仕事や学校の）休暇

  • a weekend break in Paris

• 9 a place where something has broken -- 骨折（部分）, 破損部分

  • The x-ray shows a bad break in her arm.