brake

1. N-COUNT Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop. 剎車

A seagull swooped down in front of her car, causing her to slam on the brakes. 一只海鷗突然飛撲到她的車前,導(dǎo)致她猛踩剎車。

2. V-T/V-I When a vehicle or its driver brakes, or when a driver brakes a vehicle, the driver makes it slow down or stop by using the brakes. 剎車

He heard tyres squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision. 他聽到當(dāng)汽車剎車為避免撞車時(shí)輪胎發(fā)出了刺耳的尖聲。

He braked the car slightly. 他稍稍剎車。

3. N-COUNT You can use brake in a number of expressions to indicate that something has slowed down or stopped. 停止; 減速

Illness had put a brake on his progress. 疾病中止了他的進(jìn)展。

4. N an area of dense undergrowth, shrubs, brushwood, etc; thicket 灌木叢

5. N →another name for bracken