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A rupture is a sudden break or burst, and it can be literal or figurative. Literally, it's used for things like (a burst pipe), or in medicine, for a body part that tears or bursts (a ruptured appendix, a ruptured disc in your back) — this is often serious and needs a doctor right away. Figuratively, a rupture in a relationship, friendship, or agreement means a serious, sudden break between people or groups.
破裂;決裂
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
rupturenoun/ˈɹʌpt͡ʃəː/
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A burst, split, or break.
- Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.
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A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
- Thus a war was kindled with Lubec; Denmark took part with the king's enemies, and made use of a frivolous pretence, which demonstrated the inclination of his Danish majesty to come to a rupture.
- He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
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medicinesciencesA break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
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engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
ruptureverb/ˈɹʌpt͡ʃəː/
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To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
- The cracking sound, he explained, as far as I, a non-plumber, could understand, was the sound of the overworked, undermaintained and weirdly installed heating unit’s core rupturing and spilling water into the basement.
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biologybotanynatural-sciencesTo dehisce irregularly.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。