brake的读法

1. 揉面机
2. 麻梳
3. 灌木丛
4. 揉碎机
5. 重型耙
6. 剥皮器
7. 压弯成形机
8. 制动器，制动装置
9. 闸
10. 煞车
11. 阻碍，约束
12. 泵柄，泵杆
13. 草丛
14. 【植】蕨
15. 羊齿类
16. 荆棘
17. 【植】大羊齿

1. 揉碎
2. 煞住（车），煞车，制动，刹（车）
3. 抑制，约束
4. 制动器起作用
5. 关（闸）
6. 剥（麻）
7. 用麻梳梳
8. 用大耙碎（土）
9. 用揉面机揉（面）
10. 用榨汁机榨（汁）
11. 减退
12. 用闸减速

1. a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
2. any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
3. large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
4. an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
5. 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"
   

1. stop travelling by applying a brake;

   "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
   

2. cause to stop by applying the brakes;

   "brake the car before you go into a curve"
   

1.制动器；刹车；车闸
Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.

e.g. The brakes began locking...
制动器开始锁定。
e.g. A seagull swooped down in front of her car, causing her to slam on the brakes.
一只海鸥突然扑到她的车前，她急忙猛踩刹车。

2.刹车；用刹车使（车）减速；刹住（车）
When a vehicle or its driverbrakes, or when a driverbrakes a vehicle, the driver makes it slow down or stop by using the brakes.

e.g. 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。
e.g. She braked sharply to avoid another car...
她为了躲另一辆车而紧急刹车。

3.抑制因素；约束
You can usebrake in a number of expressions to indicate that something has slowed down or stopped.

e.g. Illness had put abrake on his progress...
疾病使他的进展放缓。
e.g. You can take the financial brakes off in June.
6月份可以放开金融管制。

1. My brakes failed.
   我的刹车失灵了。
2. A driver uses brakes to arrest his car's speed.
   司机用刹车降低车速。
3. The rise in interest rates acted as a brake on expenditure.
   利率的提高产生了抑制消费的作用。

1. He braked suddenly.
   他突然刹车。
2. I braked hard as a dog ran onto the road in front of me.
   一只狗跑到汽车前面的路上,我猛踩刹车。

1. She braked suddenly to avoid the dog.
   为了不撞着那条狗,她突然紧急刹车。

1. The driver braked his car.
   司机刹住车子。

• apply brakes用〔踩〕刹车
• press on the brake踩刹车踏板
• put on the brake suddenly紧急刹住
• release a brake放开制动器
• slam on the brakes把车刹住
• step on the brakes把车刹住
• take off the brake开闸
• act as a brake upon阻碍,控制
• put a brake on停止进行…
• put a brake on plans for expansion停止进行扩充计划

• hydraulic brake液压制动器
• mechanical brake机械制动器

• foot brake脚刹车
• hand brake手刹车
• power brake动力刹车
• air brake气闸
• emergency brake紧急制动器

• ☆ 15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的brekon，意为制动。