broke
英 [brəʊk]
美 [brok]
- adj. 一文不名的，破產的
- v. 打破，斷掉（break的過去式）
- n. (Broke)人名；(英)布羅克
英文詞源
- broke (adj.)
- past tense and obsolete past participle of break (v.); extension to "insolvent" is first recorded 1716 (broken in this sense is attested from 1590s). Old English cognate broc meant, in addition to "that which breaks," "affliction, misery."
雙語例句
- 1. They broke free and made off in a stolen car.
- 他們掙脫後開著一輛偷來的車逃之夭夭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars.
- 我破產了，莉薇，而且我欠了幾百萬美元的債。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.
- 兩年後，他一貧如洗，靠失業救濟金生活。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. When war broke out, he was interned as an enemy alien.
- 戰爭爆發時，他作為敵國人士遭到關押。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I was in a nightclub in Brixton and a fight broke out.
- 當時我在布裏克斯頓的一家夜總會裏，那裏發生了一場鬥毆。
來自柯林斯例句