| 单词 | brake |
| 释义 | brake n (a) device for reducing the speed of or stopping a car, bicycle, train, etc 制动器; 闸; 刹车 put on/apply the brake(s) 使用制动器 His brakes failed on a steep hill. 他的车闸在陡峭的山路上失灵了. (fig 比喻) The Government is determined to put a brake on public spending. 政府决定遏制公共事务的开支. Ignorance acts as a brake to progress. 无知阻碍了进步. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page xiii. (b) pedal, etc that operates such a device 制动器的踏板等 The brake (pedal) is between the clutch and the accelerator. 制动器（踏板）在离合器和加速器之间. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page xii. brake, v [I, Tn] (cause sth to) slow down using a brake 用制动器（使某物）减速; 刹（车） The driver braked hard as the child ran onto the road in front of him. 那孩子跑到汽车前面的路上, 司机猛踩刹车. brake n area of brushwood, thick undergrowth or bracken; thicket 矮丛林地带; 灌木丛. |
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