brake
n
(a) device for reducing the speed of or stopping a car, bicycle, train, etc 制動器; 閘; 剎車
put on/apply the brake(s) 使用制動器
His brakes failed on a steep hill. 他的車閘在陡峭的山路上失靈了.
(fig 比喻) The Government is determined to put a brake on public spending. 政府決定遏制公共事務的開支.
Ignorance acts as a brake to progress. 無知阻礙了進步. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1之插圖, page xiii.
(b) pedal, etc that operates such a device 制動器的踏板等
The brake (pedal) is between the clutch and the accelerator. 制動器(踏板)在離合器和加速器之間. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1之插圖, page xii. brake, v [I, Tn]
(cause sth to) slow down using a brake 用制動器(使某物)減速; 剎(車)
The driver braked hard as the child ran onto the road in front of him. 那孩子跑到汽車前面的路上, 司機猛踩剎車.
brake n area of brushwood, thick undergrowth or bracken; thicket 矮叢林地帶; 灌木叢.