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IELTS BNC: 5290 COCA: 4693

brake

Word family 
Related topics: Transport
brake1 /breɪk/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC]   → break
1  TT[often plural] a piece of equipment that makes a vehicle go more slowly or stop 刹车，制动器，车闸
 Test your brakes after driving through water.
车子涉水之后要检验一下刹车。
 I managed to put the brakes on just in time.
我最终及时刹了车。
 Moira slammed on the brakes (=used them suddenly and with a lot of force).
莫伊拉猛踩刹车。
apply the brakes formal
 He applied the brakes but failed to stop in time.
他踩了刹车，可未能及时停下来。
the rear/front brakes 后刹车/前刹车
 the screech of brakes (=the loud unpleasant noise they can make)
刹车的刺耳噪音
→ anti-lock braking system, emergency brake, handbrake, parking brake →4  See picture on 见图 Page A2 Car 汽车 →4  See picture of 见图 BICYCLE 1 →5 see picture at 见图 car
2  act as a brake on something SLOWto make something develop more slowly, be more difficult to do, or happen less 对某事物起抑制作用，遏制某事物
 Rises in interest rates act as a brake on expenditure.
加息对消费起抑制作用。
Examples from the Corpus
act as a brake on something• To what extent do girls act as brakes on, or motivators of, delinquent behaviour in masculine adolescent gang-culture, for example?• Post-war development of parachutes acting as brakes on jet aircraft are also covered in this rarely written about subject.• Unfortunately, widespread foot-dragging continues to act as a brake on debt relief.• In April 1992 they persuaded Boris Yeltsin to put three industrialists into the government to act as a brake on the free-marketeers.
3. put the brakes on something STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto stop something that is happening 阻止某事物
Examples from the Corpus
put the brakes on something• He managed to touch-down at the threshold and put the brakes on.• It's the government's latest effort to put the brakes on rising prices.• The Communists have climbed on the bandwagon, but only to put the brakes on.• There are indications, however, that the government is now trying to put the brakes on further expansion.• If Peres and Labor are defeated, the Likud Party has vowed to put the brakes on the peace movement.• Laid crops and unsettled weather put the brakes on harvest for many growers this week.• Those cars with all those springs that rock back and forwards like a see-saw when you put the brakes on.
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
put the brakes on (=use the brakes)
Put the brakes on – you’re going too fast.
apply the brakes formal (=use them)
Apply the brakes as you approach the roundabout.
slam on/jam on/hit the brakes (=use them suddenly and with a lot of force)
The car in front stopped suddenly and I had to slam on the brakes.
release the brake (=stop using the foot or hand brake)
The traffic lights turned green and I released the brake.
brakes fail (=do not work when you use them)
Going down the mountain I was afraid the brakes might fail.
brakes screech (=make a high noise when you use them)
The brakes screeched and the train finally stopped.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + brake
faulty (=not working properly)
Faulty brakes may have caused the accident.
The brakes could have been faulty.
the rear/front brakes (=for the rear/front wheels)
The rear brakes were ineffective.
the foot brake (=one you apply with your foot, to slow the car down)
He stamped on the foot brake.
the hand brake (also the emergency brake, the parking brake American English) (=one you apply with your hand, to stop the car moving when parked)
I tried to drive off with the hand brake still on.
anti-lock brakes (=that do not cause the wheels to lock and skid if the brakes are used suddenly)
The car comes equipped with anti-lock brakes.
brake + NOUN
the brake pedal (=that you press with your foot)
She pressed the brake pedal but nothing happened.
brake failure (=when brakes do not work)
What should you do in the event of a brake failure?
phrases
the screech of brakes (=the loud unpleasant sound of a car stopping suddenly)
I heard the screech of brakes in the road outside.
Examples from the Corpus
brake• The back brake on my bike needs adjusting.• The drum brakes are also rather vintage.• Council officials say lives were at risk from mechanical defects, including faulty brakes.• Once again, anti-lock brakes and traction control are standard.• She had to stoop again for the case, and so she caught sight of the pool of brake fluid at once.• Feather the brakes, I reminded myself.• She could see at once that the brakes would be useless.• The brakes sometimes slow the car, but not always.• The trains were fitted throughout with the Westinghouse brake, in accordance with Continental practice, and with steam-heating apparatus.
Related topics: Transport
brake2 ●●○ verb [intransitiveI]  
TTSTOP MOVINGto make a vehicle or bicycle go more slowly or stop by using its brake 刹车〔使减速或停住〕
brake sharply/hard (=brake quickly) 急刹车
 He braked sharply to avoid the dog.
他突然急刹车，想避开那条狗。
Examples from the Corpus
brake• I saw a roadblock ahead, and braked.• I couldn't pull over without forcing some one else to brake and I simply didn't have the power to get away.• I endeavored to brake, but succeeded only in causing the most extreme and painful sensations under my fingernails.• He braked for drugs, booze, and hookers, and wrote a good book about a bum existence.• Clayt braked hard, pulled off and cut the engine.• A bus came round the corner and braked sharply.• She had to brake suddenly to avoid a dog in the road.
brake sharply/hard• A car had come fast behind them, a silver-grey car, and it had braked sharply.• Doyle swerved, running the car on to the right hand verge, and braked hard.• The chain-link fence swerved in, and this time I hit the brakes hard.• The executive jet settled on its main wheels and braked sharply as the thrust-reverse and spoilers were deployed.• The train was braking hard now, but Harry could not think fast enough.• Clayt braked hard, pulled off and cut the engine.• She had to brake hard to avoid a milk-float that loomed ahead of her suddenly.• Di was just about to drop elder son Wills back at school when she braked sharply to avoid an oncoming motor.
brake1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1brake2 verb
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IELTS BNC: 5290 COCA: 4693
brake

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + BRAKE | BRAKE + VERB | BRAKE + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤defective, faulty有毛病的剎車▸➤front, rear前制動器；後制動器▸➤emergency, foot (usually footbrake) , hand (usually handbrake) (especially BrE) , parking (NAmE) 緊急制動器；腳剎；手剎；停車制動器▸➤air, anti-lock, disc, drum, vacuum氣動閘；防抱死制動器；盤式制動器；鼓式制動器；真空閘VERB + BRAKE➤apply, hit, jam on, put on, slam on, use使用剎車；踩剎車；猛踩剎車◇She slammed on the brakes to try to avoid the dog.她猛踩剎車想避開那條狗。➤put your foot on, slam your foot on把腳放在剎車上；猛踩剎車▸➤keep your foot on把腳一直放在剎車上▸➤let off, release, take your foot off鬆開剎車◇He released the brake and sped off.他鬆開剎車快速駛走了。BRAKE + VERB➤work剎車起作用◇My brakes are not working properly.我的剎車失靈了。➤fail剎車失靈◇The car crashed after its brakes failed.那輛汽車剎車失靈，出了車禍。➤screech, squeal剎車發出刺耳的聲音▸➤be off, be on鬆開剎車；踩着剎車◇Is the brake on?踩着剎車嗎？BRAKE + NOUN➤failure剎車失靈▸➤cable, fluid, lights, pads, pedal, pipes, shoes (especially NAmE) 拉索；制動液；剎車燈；制動襯塊；制動踏板；制動管；制動蹄片PHRASES➤act as a brake on sth, serve as a brake on sth (both figurative) 對⋯起阻礙作用▸➤put a brake on sth, put the brakes on sth (figurative) 對⋯加以限制◇The need to earn some money put the brakes on my wilder ambitions.掙錢的需要限制了我的遠大志向。➤a screech of brakes, a squeal of brakes刺耳的剎車聲◇We heard the screech of brakes, followed by a loud crash.我們聽到一聲急剎車，接着就是巨大的撞擊聲。
brake

verb

ADVERB | PHRASES ADVERB➤hard, heavily, sharply, suddenly猛力剎車；急剎車PHRASES➤brake to a halt剎車停止前進◇The train braked to a shuddering halt.火車制動，劇烈震動了一下停住了。➤brake to avoid sth剎車以躲開某物◇She braked suddenly to avoid a cat.為了避開一隻貓，她突然剎住車。
IELTS BNC: 5290 COCA: 4693
IELTS BNC: 5290 COCA: 4693

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