关于Brake的意思和用法的提问

A: Brake —> break

“Break a leg” means “good luck”, usually in regards to theatre/performance.

The origin of the phrase is unclear, but here is a popular theory:

“The most common theory refers to an actor breaking the ‘leg line’ of the stage. In the early days of theater, this is where ensemble actors were queued to perform. If actors were not performing, they had to stay behind the ‘leg line,’ which also meant they wouldn’t get paid.

If you were to tell the actor to “break a leg,” you were wishing them the opportunity to perform and get paid. The sentiment remains the same today; the term means ‘good luck, give a good performance.’”

A: Yes, in this case, you let your imagination go to places that frighten you. But generally getting into the details of a primary thought. Like specific actions that are evil.

A: "break a leg" it's an expression that means "good luck"

A: It means "good luck." Also, in this case "brake" is spelled b-r-e-a-k. :)

A: it's, I am broke!

A: The brakes on the bicycle are broken.

She slammed on the car brakes to avoid a collision.

He pressed on the brake pedal to reduce his speed.

Release the parking brake before putting your car into drive.

A: Brake = something used to stop a vehicle. “Hit the brakes or we will crash!”
Break = to damage something or to turn something into smaller pieces:
“I think it’s time we break up.” (Relationship)
“When do we break up from school?” (End of term or semester)
“Break up that chocolate bar, so we can share it!” (Breaking a physical object.

A: For example:
- They said it would be impossible to break out of there.
- Acne can cause serious break outs.

A: Brake is to slow down or stop while break means to divide into smaller pieces. In a vehicle for example, if you want to stop, you step on the brake... They are pronounced the same way since they're homophones

A: "I had to brake hard in the car or I would have hit a dog."

"Be carful with that, don't break it."

"It's lunch time and I'm taking a break."

A: “Do you want to take a break and get some lunch?”
“Did you break that glass?”
“In order to slow down, you need to press the brake pedal on the car”

Hope this helps (:

A: Well, 'cracking the door' would most likely be taken as 'cracking the door open', which means to open the door very slightly so as to look through without being noticed - breaking the door would be taken literally

A: Break a sweatの理由は運動とか走ることです。

Break out in a sweatの理由は心配とかこわくなることです。

A: Wow, break** a leg!

Great job!

A: /breɪk/
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/brake

A: They should sound the same. They are pronounced the same way.

A: thank u!

A: × I mean the brake might not be the cause of fan and bulb’s non-working

I find it quite difficult to determine what is being said here. I am able to get that the fan and the bulb don't work, but I am unsure how the "break" contributes to this.

My best guess for a correction would be:
"I mean it is broken because the fan and the bulb don't work."

Another possible correction would be:
"I mean the fan and the bulb don't work because it is broken."
or
"I mean since it is broken, the fan and the bulb don't work."

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A: crash is not appropriate you can you hi t or collide with

A: @xshen2026: you would say "This hill is to steep so I can't brake my car

A: @pinomi: "She broke her bone and had surgery last week."