1PHRASAL VERB-ERG 折断;(使)断开 If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force. 折断;(使)断开 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
The two wings of the aircraft broke off on impact. [VERBPREP.]
飞机的两个机翼遭受撞击折断了。
Grace broke off a large piece of the clay. [VERBPREP. noun]
格雷斯掰下来一大块土。
They've torn down wooden fences and broken branches off trees. [VERB noun PREP. noun]
2PHRASAL VERB 突然中止;突然停顿 If you break off when you are doing or saying something, you suddenly stop doing it or saying it. 突然中止;突然停顿 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
Llewelyn broke off in mid-sentence. [VERBPREP.]
卢埃林一句话说了一半突然停下来。
The commander of the German task force radioed that he was breaking off the action. [VERBPREP. noun]
break offADVERB➤abruptly, immediately突然/立即停住◇He broke off abruptly when Jo walked in.喬走進來時,他突然停住不說了。PREPOSITION➤from停止⋯◇She broke off from the conversation to answer the telephone.她停止交談去接電話。