late 14c., past participle adjective from break (v.). Broken record in reference to someone continually repeating the same thing is from 1944, in reference to scratches on records that cause the needle to jump back and repeat.
When Britain's Minister of State, Selwyn Lloyd[,] became bored with a speech by Russia's Andrei Vishinsky in UN debate, he borrowed a Dizzy Gillespie bebop expression and commented: "Dig that broken record." While most translators pondered the meaning, a man who takes English and puts it into Chinese gave this translation: "Recover the phonograph record which you have discarded." ["Jet," Oct. 15, 1953]
broken 英文释义
1. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; or legally or emotionally destroyed;
"a broken mirror"
"a broken tooth"
"a broken leg"
"his neck is broken"
"children from broken homes"
"a broken marriage"
"a broken heart"
2. not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly;
"broken lines of defense"
"a broken cable transmission"
"broken sleep"
"tear off the stub above the broken line"
"a broken note"
"broken sobs"
3. subdued or brought low in condition or status;
"brought low"
"a broken man"
"his broken spirit"
4. (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded;
"broken (or unkept) promises"
"broken contracts"
5. tamed or trained to obey;
"a horse broken to the saddle"
"this old nag is well broken in"
6. topographically very uneven;
"broken terrain"
"rugged ground"
7. imperfectly spoken or written;
"broken English"
8. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;
"troops fleeing in broken ranks"
"a confused mass of papers on the desk"
"the small disordered room"
"with everything so upset"
9. weakened and infirm;
"broken health resulting from alcoholism"
10. destroyed financially;
"the broken fortunes of the family"
11. out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken');
"a broken washing machine"
"the coke machine is broken"
"the coke machine is busted"
12. discontinuous;
"broken clouds"
"broken sunshine"
13. lacking a part or parts;
"a broken set of encyclopedia"
broken 双语例句
1. The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places.
生活总是让我们遍体鳞伤，但到后来，那些受伤的地方会变得更坚强。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
2. His jaw was broken after he was hit on the head.
他的头部受重击之后下颌骨折了。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Everything breakable had been broken and scattered chaotically about the room.
房间里能打碎的东西都打碎了，一片狼藉。
来自柯林斯例句
4. They've torn down wooden fences and broken branches off trees.
他们拆掉了木栅栏，并砍去了一些树枝。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The landscape is broken only by a string of villages.
这片风景中只有一排村庄。
来自柯林斯例句
broken 实用场景例句
a broken window/plate
破碎的窗玻璃 / 盘子
牛津词典
a broken leg/arm
断了的腿 / 臂
牛津词典
pieces of broken glass
破玻璃碎片
牛津词典
How did this dish get broken ?
这个盘子是怎么打破的？
牛津词典
The TV's broken.
电视机坏了。
牛津词典
a broken marriage/engagement
破裂的婚姻；解除了的婚约
牛津词典
a night of broken sleep
睡得不踏实的一夜
牛津词典
a single broken white line across the road
横穿马路的一条断断续续的白线
牛津词典
He was a broken man after the failure of his business.
生意失败后他变得心灰意懒。
牛津词典
to speak in broken English
说着一口结结巴巴的英语
牛津词典
an area of broken, rocky ground
崎岖、多岩石的地区
牛津词典
A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley.
蓝色虚线代表无水流过的山谷。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
She spoke for the first time about the traumas of a broken marriage...
她首度谈起婚姻破裂带来的精神创伤。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Children from broken homes are more likely to leave home before the age of 18.
破裂家庭里的孩子在18岁之前离家的可能性更大。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Eric could only respond in broken English.
埃里克只能用蹩脚的英语回答。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Abigail: Fantastic. I heard a couple of the tracks on the radio yesterday. They were amazing.
艾比盖尔: 好啊. 我昨天在收音机上听到其中几首歌, 非常好听.
期刊摘选
Pieces of broken glass were still raining down long after it exploded.
爆炸后很久,碎玻璃片还一个劲地往下落.
《简明英汉词典》
He had broken into a trot.
他突然小跑起来.
《简明英汉词典》
Mind where you put your feet; you could step on some broken glass.
注意脚底下, 你可能会踩在碎玻璃上.
《简明英汉词典》
It'serves him right , he shouldn't have broken the rules.
