1PHRASAL VERB-ERG 折斷;(使)斷開 If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force. 折斷;(使)斷開 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
The two wings of the aircraft broke off on impact. [VERBPREP.]
飛機的兩個機翼遭受撞擊折斷了。
Grace broke off a large piece of the clay. [VERBPREP. noun]
格雷斯掰下來一大塊土。
They've torn down wooden fences and broken branches off trees. [VERB noun PREP. noun]
2PHRASAL VERB 突然中止;突然停頓 If you break off when you are doing or saying something, you suddenly stop doing it or saying it. 突然中止;突然停頓 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
Llewelyn broke off in mid-sentence. [VERBPREP.]
盧埃林一句話說了一半突然停下來。
The commander of the German task force radioed that he was breaking off the action. [VERBPREP. noun]