Brakename

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  A surname.

brakenoun詞源 1/bɹeɪk/

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  A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.

  • She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car.
  • You’re pressing the brakes too hard—try just squeezing them.
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  A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.

  • Give the car a quick brake.
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  engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.

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  A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.

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  governmentmilitarypoliticsAn ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

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  obsoletegovernmentmilitarypoliticsAn ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

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  nauticaltransportThe handle of a pump.

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  A baker’s kneading trough.

  • You shall kneade[…]first with handes‥lastly with the brake.

brakeverb詞源 1/bɹeɪk/

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  To operate a brake or brakes.

  • Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.
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  To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.

brakenoun詞源 2/bɹeɪk/

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  Certain ferns, including

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  Certain ferns, including

brakenoun詞源 3/bɹeɪk/

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  A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.

  • Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, / To shelter thee from tempest and from rain.
  • He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone.

brakenoun詞源 4/bɹeɪk/

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  A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)

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  agriculturebusinesslifestyleA large, heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth after ploughing; a drag.

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  businessmanufacturingtextilesA tool used for breaking flax or hemp.

brakeverb詞源 4/bɹeɪk/

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  To bruise and crush; to knead.

  • The farmer’s son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough
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  To pulverise with a harrow.

brakenoun詞源 5/bɹeɪk/

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  obsoleteA cage.

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  historicalA type of torture instrument.

  • Methods of applying pain were many and ingenious, in particular the ways of twisting, stretching and manipulating the body out of shape, normally falling under the catch-all term of the rack, or the brakes.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• break