break out
phrasal verbwithbreakverbuk/breɪk/us/breɪk/broke|broken
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If somethingdangerousorunpleasantbreaksout, itsuddenlystarts:
突然发生；爆发Warbrokeoutin1914.战争于1914年爆发。
Fighting hasbrokenout all over thecity.战斗在全城打响了。
break out in a rash, sweat, etc.
tosuddenlyhaveredmarksorsweatappearonyourskin:
突然开始出现（斑点、红疹、冒汗等）Shebrokeout in arashaftereatingsomestrawberries.她吃完草莓后身上突然开始出红疹。
It didn't take muchexerciseto make himbreakout in (a)sweat.他还没怎么运动就开始出汗了。
When IheardthenoiseIbrokeout in acoldsweat.我听见那个声音冒出了一身冷汗。
Ibrokeout in arashall over mybody.
Mywholebodyhadbrokenout in asweatand myheartwaspounding.
Myforeheadbrokeout in asweatand Ifeltsurethey couldsee.
- Ibreakout in acoldsweatjustthinkingaboutpublicspeaking.
- There's asenseofforebodingin thecapital, as iffightingmight at anyminutebreakout.
- Theambassadorwasrecalledwhenwarbrokeout.
- Fightingbrokeout in thestandsfiveminutesbefore the end of thematch.
- Anargumentbrokeout and in theensuingfight, agunwent off.
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush ofidiom
- be/get in on the ground flooridiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- develop
- get down to businessidiom
- grow
- half-cock
- here
- here goes!idiom
- hit the ground runningidiom
- motion
- stirring
- strike
- strike out(somewhere)
- stuck
- stumble intosomething
- swing into actionidiom
- the ground floor
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Being & falling ill
(ESCAPE)
toescapefromprison:
逃出；越狱Theybrokeoutofprisonandfledthecountry.他们越狱逃到了国外。
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at largeidiom
- be on the runidiom
- escape
- extrication
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- leg
- loose
- scarper
- scram
- shakesomethingoff
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- throw