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noun breɪkbreɪk 1A device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels. 闸；刹车；制动装置 他使劲踩住了刹车。 as modifier a brake pedal Example sentencesExamples - If you are a beginner cyclist, apply both brakes with even pressure.
- With two levels of traction control, it will also solve the problem before it becomes one by applying the brakes to individual wheels.
- Both drivers realised they were on collision course and applied their emergency brakes, halting the vehicles around two tram lengths apart.
- The most common problems which might make a vehicle unroadworthy are brakes, steering, tyres, suspension or corrosion.
- Yes, the gearbox was a bit saggy and I was alarmed at how much pressure the brake pedal needed to do an emergency stop, but other than this, all was well.
- Although steering wheel and brake pedal remain, the mechanical connection between them and the parts they activate has been replaced by an electric signal.
- Pressing the DSC switch briefly disables the engine intervention, and uses the wheel brakes to control wheel spin.
- Hydraulic Rear Wheel Boost increases rear brake pressure when the front axle is in ABS mode.
- The technology detects when the wheels lift at the start of a rollover and applies brakes to individual wheels to stabilize the SUV.
- And its lower brake application pressure means shorter stopping distances should the booster fail.
- Traffic officials will be checking the brakes, steering wheels, tyres and lights of all heavy-duty vehicles.
- The system works with sensors, a computer and four fast-acting valves to change brake pressure on each wheel over uneven surfaces.
- They also feature a brake pedal that moves towards the floor of the vehicle when a crash is detected to avoid possibility of leg injury to the driver.
- The auto also shifts back into neutral when the car is stationary with the brake pedal applied, slipping into drive when the throttle is applied.
- They also found that the pilots applied the wheel brakes manually, rather than in the automatic mode.
- And it uses the same technology as ESP by applying engine and brake control to the vehicle.
- The basic rule is to apply hard pressure to the brake pedal and leave it there.
- Data recorders in air bags can record a car's speed and deceleration and other data such as the pressure on a brake pedal at the time of a crash.
- In an attempt to slow down, I first applied light pressure to the brake pedal.
- Part way through the landing roll, the pilot will apply pressure to the brakes and that will kick off the autobrakes.
- 1.1 A thing that slows or hinders a process.
〈喻〉阻碍（物），抑制（物） constrained resources will act as a brake on research 有限的资源将阻碍研究进程。 Example sentencesExamples - I decided to put the brakes on and slow my descent, managing to achieve this at a little over 46m down.
- Don't be surprised if your child wants to put the brakes on the process once she has told you.
- Others in North Dakota and Arizona have put the brakes on new plans involving such equipment.
- The continuing recovery of the US dollar has finally put the brakes on metal prices, which had been climbing for the past 18 months.
- In October, a massive outcry from citizens put the brakes on the city's plans to privatize its own water system.
- Will these higher rates really put the brakes on the housing market, which has been doing so well?
- He also needs to put the brakes on the state's budget-busting aid to local school districts, spiraling up at two to three times the rate of inflation.
- The authorities in China have already acted to put the brakes on credit growth.
- What do you do, then, if you want to put the brakes on the future?
- And it makes it sound to me like he may really put the brakes on some of the first amendment rights the press has enjoyed in the past.
- His poor performance at PMQs put the brakes on early momentum.
- In the past, rising oil prices have put the brakes on economic growth.
- Something is going to have to be done, however, to put the brakes on these year-on-year steep service charge increases.
- Calls are being made to put the brakes on the installation of controversial speed humps on Bolton roads.
- It just seems to me we're going to lose very important technologies, very important human capital if we don't do something soon to put the brakes on here.
- Families are being asked to help put the brakes on youngsters who are plaguing their lives by riding illegally on motorcycles.
- Stringent checks could finally put the brakes on the notorious motorcyclists who tear around the borough's scrubland.
- Second, the coverage process acts as a brake to prevent overutilization.
- ‘The commercial market is already in slowdown mode, this will put the brakes on even more,’ said a surveyor.
- In effect, for ideological reasons the administration put the brakes on one of the most promising lines of biomedical research.
Synonyms curb, check, restraint, restriction, constraint, rein, control, damper, impediment, limitation
2 another term for brake van
verb breɪkbreɪk [no object]Make a moving vehicle slow down or stop by using a brake. （用刹车）使（某物）减速（或停下）；刹住（车） she had to brake hard to avoid a milk float 为了不撞上那辆送牛奶的电瓶车，她不得不来了个急刹车。 Example sentencesExamples - When I realised I urgently needed to stop I braked hard and my foot slipped off the pedal.
- During his fastest lap, he was forced to brake to avoid a slower car and used up too much of his tyres.
- ‘The bus driver braked but failed to avoid a pedestrian who was in the inside lane of the northbound carriageway,’ she said.
- She ran out across Piccadilly Circus, ignoring the harsh horns being beeped by the drivers who'd braked hard to miss her and trying to ignore the frightening jolt she'd received inside when they'd done so.
- The situation appears particularly severe where vehicles are braking on the paving.
- I have myself, on numerous occasions, had to brake hard to avoid a dog crossing the street.
- He braked heavily, stopping just short of the pickets.
- The driver of the stolen car suddenly executed a handbrake turn and spun around in the opposite direction, causing the driver of the police car to brake hard to avoid a collision.
- To avoid them, he braked hard but the bus skidded and knocked them down.
- Some pedal feedback and noise is normal during panic stops or when braking on wet or slick surfaces.
- One car pulling into another lane and forcing the driver behind to brake hard is enough to start traffic bunching up.
- He braked but the vehicle would not stop and they collided with the wall.
- The driver braked abruptly, causing the car to skid a little.
- He thought better of trying to brave it out around the outside of the corner and braked hard to avoid being pushed into the gravel trap.
- Seat belts are necessary in case of accidents, such as braking to a sudden stop.
- A cloud of dust rose up in swirling patterns around the car's headlight as he braked hard and came to a skidding stop.
- During this he drove through red traffic lights, forced other vehicles to brake to avoid collisions, weaved in and out of traffic, and reached 85 mph.
- When the driver saw a man in white on the rail, he braked and the train stopped 30 metres short of the trespasser.
- But this truck was forced to brake hard to avoid a pile-up.
- As he braked at a four-way stop he glanced at her.
Synonyms slow down, slow, decelerate reduce speed, put on the brakes, hit the brakes British informal slam on the anchors
OriginLate 18th century: of unknown origin. Rhymesache, awake, bake, betake, Blake, break, cake, crake, drake, fake, flake, forsake, hake, Jake, lake, make, mistake, opaque, partake, quake, rake, sake, shake, sheikh, slake, snake, splake, stake, steak, strake, take, undertake, wake, wideawake noun breɪkbreɪk historical An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels. 〈史〉敞篷四轮马车 Example sentencesExamples - The cost of travelling by alternative means such as coach or brake was prohibitive over a season, so the railways were vital.
OriginMid 19th century: variant of break2. noun breɪkbreɪk 1A toothed instrument used for crushing flax and hemp. （亚麻纤维等的）捣碎机 Example sentencesExamples - This process usually requires a flax brake, a wooden device consisting of two hinged blades.
- The farmer passed handfuls of flax through a tool called a flax brake to break up the hard inner core.
- After drying again, the stems were broken in a flax brake (flailing a wooden knife against a wooden block).
- 1.1 A heavy machine formerly used in agriculture for breaking up large lumps of earth.
（旧时的）重型耙 Example sentencesExamples - To reduce such ground, a large heavy harrow, generally termed a brake, is commonly employed.
OriginLate Middle English: possibly related to Middle Low German brake and Dutch braak, and perhaps also to break1. noun breɪkbreɪk archaic, literary A thicket. 〈古，诗/文〉灌木丛。参见FERNBRAKE See also fernbrake Example sentencesExamples - It is one of those thickets or brakes in which the cane grows from twelve to thirty feet in height.
OriginOld English bracu (first recorded in the plural in fearnbraca 'thickets of fern'), related to Middle Low German brake 'branch, stump'. noun breɪkbreɪk 1A coarse fern of warm and tropical countries, frequently having the fronds divided into long linear segments. 欧洲蕨，凤尾蕨 Genus Pteris, family Pteridaceae Example sentencesExamples - In addition to being effective in taking up a large amount of arsenic into its aboveground biomass in a relatively short period of time from soils containing arsenic of different concentrations and species, Brake fern also has many desirable attributes as a hyperaccumulating plant.
- Brake ferns are easy to grow.
- Their repeated experiments with the brake fern showed that it is capable of reducing initial arsenic concentration of 200 micrograms per litre by a hundredfold within 24 hours.
- Pteris vittata, or brake fern, could potentially be used to clean up the poison, which is both naturally occurring in soil and unnaturally present in farm chemicals, wood preservatives, and other products.
- Four-month-old Chinese brake fern (P. vittata), slender brake fern (P. ensiformis), and Boston fern (N. exaltata) were obtained from a commercial nursery.
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archaic term for bracken Example sentencesExamples - The word brake or bracken is one of the many plant names from which some of our English surnames are derived, as Brack, Breck, Brackenridge, etc.
- The names bracken and brake are sometimes also applied to other large, coarse ferns and, as general terms, to a thicket of such plants.
OriginMiddle English: perhaps an abbreviation of bracken (interpreted as plural). nounbreɪkbrāk 1A device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels. 闸；刹车；制动装置 他使劲踩住了刹车。 as modifier a brake pedal Example sentencesExamples - Hydraulic Rear Wheel Boost increases rear brake pressure when the front axle is in ABS mode.
- If you are a beginner cyclist, apply both brakes with even pressure.
- The technology detects when the wheels lift at the start of a rollover and applies brakes to individual wheels to stabilize the SUV.
- The auto also shifts back into neutral when the car is stationary with the brake pedal applied, slipping into drive when the throttle is applied.
- Both drivers realised they were on collision course and applied their emergency brakes, halting the vehicles around two tram lengths apart.
- The basic rule is to apply hard pressure to the brake pedal and leave it there.
- The system works with sensors, a computer and four fast-acting valves to change brake pressure on each wheel over uneven surfaces.
- Data recorders in air bags can record a car's speed and deceleration and other data such as the pressure on a brake pedal at the time of a crash.
- The most common problems which might make a vehicle unroadworthy are brakes, steering, tyres, suspension or corrosion.
- And it uses the same technology as ESP by applying engine and brake control to the vehicle.
- In an attempt to slow down, I first applied light pressure to the brake pedal.
- They also feature a brake pedal that moves towards the floor of the vehicle when a crash is detected to avoid possibility of leg injury to the driver.
- And its lower brake application pressure means shorter stopping distances should the booster fail.
- They also found that the pilots applied the wheel brakes manually, rather than in the automatic mode.
- Traffic officials will be checking the brakes, steering wheels, tyres and lights of all heavy-duty vehicles.
- Pressing the DSC switch briefly disables the engine intervention, and uses the wheel brakes to control wheel spin.
- Although steering wheel and brake pedal remain, the mechanical connection between them and the parts they activate has been replaced by an electric signal.
- Yes, the gearbox was a bit saggy and I was alarmed at how much pressure the brake pedal needed to do an emergency stop, but other than this, all was well.
- With two levels of traction control, it will also solve the problem before it becomes one by applying the brakes to individual wheels.
- Part way through the landing roll, the pilot will apply pressure to the brakes and that will kick off the autobrakes.
- 1.1 A thing that slows or hinders a process.
〈喻〉阻碍（物），抑制（物） managers have a duty to put the brakes on growth when it is unsustainable Example sentencesExamples - He also needs to put the brakes on the state's budget-busting aid to local school districts, spiraling up at two to three times the rate of inflation.
- His poor performance at PMQs put the brakes on early momentum.
- It just seems to me we're going to lose very important technologies, very important human capital if we don't do something soon to put the brakes on here.
- Others in North Dakota and Arizona have put the brakes on new plans involving such equipment.
- Don't be surprised if your child wants to put the brakes on the process once she has told you.
- I decided to put the brakes on and slow my descent, managing to achieve this at a little over 46m down.
- Something is going to have to be done, however, to put the brakes on these year-on-year steep service charge increases.
- The authorities in China have already acted to put the brakes on credit growth.
- Will these higher rates really put the brakes on the housing market, which has been doing so well?
- ‘The commercial market is already in slowdown mode, this will put the brakes on even more,’ said a surveyor.
- In the past, rising oil prices have put the brakes on economic growth.
- Calls are being made to put the brakes on the installation of controversial speed humps on Bolton roads.
- And it makes it sound to me like he may really put the brakes on some of the first amendment rights the press has enjoyed in the past.
- In effect, for ideological reasons the administration put the brakes on one of the most promising lines of biomedical research.
- Second, the coverage process acts as a brake to prevent overutilization.
- Families are being asked to help put the brakes on youngsters who are plaguing their lives by riding illegally on motorcycles.
- Stringent checks could finally put the brakes on the notorious motorcyclists who tear around the borough's scrubland.
- What do you do, then, if you want to put the brakes on the future?
- In October, a massive outcry from citizens put the brakes on the city's plans to privatize its own water system.
- The continuing recovery of the US dollar has finally put the brakes on metal prices, which had been climbing for the past 18 months.
Synonyms curb, check, restraint, restriction, constraint, rein, control, damper, impediment, limitation
verbbreɪkbrāk [no object]Make a moving vehicle slow down or stop by using a brake. （用刹车）使（某物）减速（或停下）；刹住（车） drivers who brake abruptly Example sentencesExamples - To avoid them, he braked hard but the bus skidded and knocked them down.
- As he braked at a four-way stop he glanced at her.
- Seat belts are necessary in case of accidents, such as braking to a sudden stop.
- He braked but the vehicle would not stop and they collided with the wall.
- The driver braked abruptly, causing the car to skid a little.
- When the driver saw a man in white on the rail, he braked and the train stopped 30 metres short of the trespasser.
- During this he drove through red traffic lights, forced other vehicles to brake to avoid collisions, weaved in and out of traffic, and reached 85 mph.
- During his fastest lap, he was forced to brake to avoid a slower car and used up too much of his tyres.
- He braked heavily, stopping just short of the pickets.
- The situation appears particularly severe where vehicles are braking on the paving.
- A cloud of dust rose up in swirling patterns around the car's headlight as he braked hard and came to a skidding stop.
- The driver of the stolen car suddenly executed a handbrake turn and spun around in the opposite direction, causing the driver of the police car to brake hard to avoid a collision.
- Some pedal feedback and noise is normal during panic stops or when braking on wet or slick surfaces.
- I have myself, on numerous occasions, had to brake hard to avoid a dog crossing the street.
- ‘The bus driver braked but failed to avoid a pedestrian who was in the inside lane of the northbound carriageway,’ she said.
- But this truck was forced to brake hard to avoid a pile-up.
- One car pulling into another lane and forcing the driver behind to brake hard is enough to start traffic bunching up.
- He thought better of trying to brave it out around the outside of the corner and braked hard to avoid being pushed into the gravel trap.
- She ran out across Piccadilly Circus, ignoring the harsh horns being beeped by the drivers who'd braked hard to miss her and trying to ignore the frightening jolt she'd received inside when they'd done so.
- When I realised I urgently needed to stop I braked hard and my foot slipped off the pedal.
Synonyms slow down, slow, decelerate
OriginLate 18th century: of unknown origin. nounbreɪkbrāk historical An open, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage. Example sentencesExamples - The cost of travelling by alternative means such as coach or brake was prohibitive over a season, so the railways were vital.
OriginMid 19th century: variant of break. nounbreɪkbrāk 1A toothed instrument used for crushing flax and hemp. （亚麻纤维等的）捣碎机 Example sentencesExamples - This process usually requires a flax brake, a wooden device consisting of two hinged blades.
- After drying again, the stems were broken in a flax brake (flailing a wooden knife against a wooden block).
- The farmer passed handfuls of flax through a tool called a flax brake to break up the hard inner core.
- 1.1 A heavy machine formerly used in agriculture for breaking up large lumps of earth.
（旧时的）重型耙 Example sentencesExamples - To reduce such ground, a large heavy harrow, generally termed a brake, is commonly employed.
OriginLate Middle English: possibly related to Middle Low German brake and Dutch braak, and perhaps also to break. nounbreɪkbrāk literary, archaic A thicket. 〈古，诗/文〉灌木丛。参见FERNBRAKE See also canebrake, fernbrake Example sentencesExamples - It is one of those thickets or brakes in which the cane grows from twelve to thirty feet in height.
OriginOld English bracu (first recorded in the plural in fearnbraca ‘thickets of fern’), related to Middle Low German brake ‘branch, stump’. nounbreɪkbrāk 1A coarse fern of warm and tropical countries, frequently having the fronds divided into long linear segments. 欧洲蕨，凤尾蕨 Genus Pteris, family Pteridaceae Example sentencesExamples - In addition to being effective in taking up a large amount of arsenic into its aboveground biomass in a relatively short period of time from soils containing arsenic of different concentrations and species, Brake fern also has many desirable attributes as a hyperaccumulating plant.
- Four-month-old Chinese brake fern (P. vittata), slender brake fern (P. ensiformis), and Boston fern (N. exaltata) were obtained from a commercial nursery.
- Pteris vittata, or brake fern, could potentially be used to clean up the poison, which is both naturally occurring in soil and unnaturally present in farm chemicals, wood preservatives, and other products.
- Their repeated experiments with the brake fern showed that it is capable of reducing initial arsenic concentration of 200 micrograms per litre by a hundredfold within 24 hours.
- Brake ferns are easy to grow.
- 1.1
archaic term for bracken Example sentencesExamples - The names bracken and brake are sometimes also applied to other large, coarse ferns and, as general terms, to a thicket of such plants.
- The word brake or bracken is one of the many plant names from which some of our English surnames are derived, as Brack, Breck, Brackenridge, etc.
OriginMiddle English: perhaps an abbreviation of bracken (interpreted as plural). |