break in• Thieves broke into the gallery and made off with paintingsvalued at over $2 million.• "Sam, what on earth are you talking about?' she broke in at last.• Elaine took a six-month break in her studies.• 'That's enough, ' the guardbroke in impatiently. 'Hurry up and say goodbye.'• The tutor finally broke in on Sam's monologue, much to the relief of the rest of the class.• If anyone tries to break in, the alarm will go off.• Occasionally you could see the moon through a break in the clouds.• There was an awkwardbreak in the conversation.
break-in• And Channing says there was no obviousevidence of a break-in.• There was a break-in at the college last night -- they took all the computers.• The local police were informed of the whereabouts of the statues, just in case anyone mistakenly reported an attemptedbreak-in.• This is the second computer break-in at a majortechnology company that has been publicized in recent months.• Sure enough, a guy showed up at Zia on the day of the break-in with a stack of the stolen goods.• At least there was little evidence remaining of the break-in.• Until the break-in, he had planned to use it that summer on a cross-countrybicycletrip.• The break-inoccurred between midnight and six in the morning.
I didn’t want to break in on his telephone conversation.
我不想打断他的通话。
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Dad would occasionally break in with an amusing comment.
爸爸时不时插进一句有趣的评论。
c)WEAR CLOTHES break something ↔ in to make new shoes or boots less stiff and more comfortable by wearing them 使〔新鞋〕逐渐合脚
I went for a walk to break in my new boots.
我出去走了走,好让新靴子合脚。
d)USED TO/ACCUSTOMED TO break somebody in to help a person get used to a certain way of behaving or working 使某人适应〔某种行为或工作方式〕
She’s quite new to the job, so we’re still breaking her in.
她才做这份工作不久,所以我们还在带着她熟悉业务。
e)break something ↔ in to teach a young horse to carry people on its back 训练〔小马〕驮人
We break the horses in when they’re about two years old.
小马两岁左右的时候,我们就开始训练它们驮人。
Examples from the Corpus
break in• Thieves broke into the gallery and made off with paintingsvalued at over $2 million.• "Sam, what on earth are you talking about?' she broke in at last.• Elaine took a six-month break in her studies.• 'That's enough, ' the guardbroke in impatiently. 'Hurry up and say goodbye.'• The tutor finally broke in on Sam's monologue, much to the relief of the rest of the class.• If anyone tries to break in, the alarm will go off.• Occasionally you could see the moon through a break in the clouds.• There was an awkwardbreak in the conversation.