brake
- n.刹车;制动器;阻力;车闸;障碍
- v.用闸减速;刹(车)
复数： brakes 过去式： braked 现在分词： braking 过去分词： braked 第三人称单数： brakes
brakenoun
刹车；制动器；车闸
a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle
to put/slam on the brakes
踩 / 猛踩刹车
the brake pedal
刹车踏板
阻力；障碍
a thing that stops sth or makes it difficult
High interest rates are a brake on the economy.
高利率阻碍了经济发展。
verb
用闸减速；刹（车）
to go slower or make a vehicle go slower using the brake
The car braked and swerved.
那辆车减慢车速来了个急转弯。
The truck braked to a halt .
那辆卡车刹住了。
You don't need to brake at every bend.
没必要一遇到拐弯就用车闸。
She had to brake hard to avoid running into the car in front.
她不得不猛踩刹车，以免撞上前面的车。
He braked the car and pulled in to the side of the road.
他减缓车速，然后开到路边。
brake
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N-COUNT 制动器；刹车；车闸
Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.The brakes began locking...
制动器开始锁定。
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VERB 刹车；用刹车使（车）减速；刹住（车）
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.He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision...
为避免相撞而刹车时，他听到了轮胎与地面刺耳的摩擦声。
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N-COUNT 抑制因素；约束
You can use brake in a number of expressions to indicate that something has slowed down or stopped.Illness had put a brake on his progress...
疾病使他的进展放缓。
noun
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- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
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- anything that slows or hinders a process
- she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage
- new legislation will put the brakes on spending
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- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
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- large coarse fern often several feet high;essentially weed ferns;cosmopolitan
- Synonym: bracken pasture brake Pteridium aquilinum
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- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
verb
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- cause to stop by applying the brakes
- brake the car before you go into a curve
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- stop travelling by applying a brake
- We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road
数据来源：WordNet
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She had to brake hard to avoid running into the car in front .
她不得不猛踩刹车，以免撞上前面的车。
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She pressed her foot down sharply on the brake pedal .
她猛踩刹车踏板。
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High interest rates are a brake on the economy .
高利率阻碍了经济发展。
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You don 't need to brake at every bend .
没必要一遇到拐弯就用车闸。
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I haven 't got the feel of the brakes in this car yet .
我还没有掌握这辆车的刹车性能。
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I was driving home when my brakes went .
我正开车回家，突然刹车失灵了。
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The brakes on my bike failed half way down the hill .
我骑自行车下山到中途刹车失灵了。
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Someone had obviously tampered with the brakes of my car .
显然有人鼓捣过我汽车的刹车。
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He braked the car and pulled in to the side of the road .
他减缓车速，然后开到路边。
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The brakes on this car are shot .
这辆车上的刹车完全失灵了。
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He braked suddenly , causing the front wheels to skid .
他猛然刹车，使得前车轮打滑了。
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I braked too late , bashing into the car in front .
我刹车太晚，撞上了前面的车。
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I braked too late and bashed into the car in front .
我刹车太晚，撞上了前面的车。
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Test your brakes regularly .
要定期检验刹车。
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The car skidded as he jammed on the brakes .
他紧急刹车，汽车向侧边打滑。
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Hit the brakes !
踩刹车！
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He stopped with a squeal of brakes .
他嘎的一声把车刹住了。
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He slammed on the brakes and the car juddered to a halt .
他猛踩刹车，汽车在剧烈震动中停下来。
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The truck braked to a halt .
那辆卡车刹住了。
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The car braked and swerved .
那辆车减慢车速来了个急转弯。
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You quickly get used to using the brakes .
你很快就会习惯使用刹车的。
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You can take the financial brakes off in June .
6月份可以放开金融管制。
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Illness had put a brake on his progress
疾病使他的进展放缓。
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I braked at the second corner and changed down to third .
我在第二个拐弯处踩了刹车，挂上三挡。
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Air will compress but the brake fluid won 't.
空气会压缩，但是刹车油不会。
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I tried to reach the foot brakes but I couldn 't.
我试图去够脚刹，但是没能踩到。
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More than 3,000 cars were recalled yesterday because of a brake problem .
3,000多辆汽车因为刹车问题昨天被召回。
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The Roadrunner had better power , better tyres , and better brakes .
“路行者”汽车的性能、轮胎和刹车都更好。
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Wade released the hand brake and pulled away from the curb .
韦德松开手刹驶离路边。
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The driver had ample time to brake or swerve and avoid the woman .
司机有足够的时间刹车或急转弯，来避开那个女人。
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