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单词 brake
释义
brake
noun[C]
uk
/breɪk/us
/breɪk/
B1
adevicethat makes avehiclegoslowerorstop, or apedal,bar, orhandlethat makes thisdevicework:
刹车；闸，制动器
She had no brakes on herbicycle.她的自行车没有车闸。
Thedriversuddenlyput onhis brakes.司机突然踩了刹车。
informalIslammedon(=quicklyused)the brakes, but it was too late.我赶忙踩刹车，可已经来不及了。
Allournewmodelshaveanti-lockbrakes.我们所有的新车型都有防抱死刹车。
screech/squeal of brakes
theloud,unpleasantnoiseof acarsuddenlystopping:
尖锐的刹车声
Suddenly weheardascreechof brakes andsawthecarswervetomissthebicycle.突然间，我们听到一声尖锐的刹车声，看到一辆车猛然转向去闪避一辆自行车。
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  • Slowlydepressthe brakepedal.
  • Don'tforgotto put the brake on.
  • The brakesfailedand thecarcrashedinto atree.
  • Ascreechof brakesjarredthesilence.
  • Allournewmodelshaveanti-lockbrakes.
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The interior of vehicles

Idiom

put the brakes on
brake
verb[I]
uk
/breɪk/us
/breɪk/
B2
to make avehiclegoslowerorstop, usingitsbrake or brakes:
刹住；刹车
When it'sicy, brakegently.路面有冰时要慢慢刹车。
He woulddriveveryfastand brake hard/sharplyat the lastminute.他总是开得飞快，然后在最后一刻再猛地刹车。
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Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
(Definition ofbrakefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

brake| American Dictionary

brake
noun[C]
us
/breɪk/
adevicethatslowsorstopsthemovementof avehicle:
anti-lockbrakes
Hesawadeercrossingtheroadandhit/slammedon the brakes(=stoppedasquicklyaspossible).

brake

verb[I]us
/breɪk/
When it’sicy, you have to brakegently.
(Definition ofbrakefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrake

brake
From a policymaking point of view, the braking effect is slight in either case.
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The main simplifications are in replacing the braking pad with a beam, and in assuming that the wheel is rigid.
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Crucially, we can't see the mass differential until both drivers simultaneously apply the brakes (analogous to extinction?) and the heavier truck takes longer to stop.
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However, given the identical visual array, for the cyclist steering or braking are required.
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His dad also checked the chain and the brakes to see if they worked.
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Pulsed braking force arose as a result of the plastic deformation of the plates by the lower edge of the ampoule.
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When she espies the two bodies on the road and applies her brakes, she discovers that they are suddenly inoperative.
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You are alone on a trolley with no brakes.
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Therefore, that solution consists of a periodic sequence of buoyancy pushes and buoyancy brakes.
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Research on purely passive systems with no braking mechanism is still in an infantile stage.
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The process has important applications in the automotive and aeronautical industries: car, plane or train braking systems, are the more prominent examples.
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Examples are the application in clutches, brakes, relays, loudspeakers, printers and as solenoid valves for pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
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Therefore, after formation of the shock wave, the heated area expands behind the shock wave and causes a negative pressure that brakes the shock wave.
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Complex grabbing actions can be performed creating sound from braking and other sounding phenomena from the objects inside.
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In many practical situations, however, the joints are not necessarily mounted with brakes.
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Collocationswithbrake

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antilock brake
If theantilockbrakesystem has a broken wire or other fault, the brake system reverts to operating as a normal brake system.
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anti-lock brake
Anti-lockbrakedevices are being developed, and we look forward to their being in more widespread use.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
brake lever
There is, however, an emergency position on thebrakelever.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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