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break in

/breyk-in/US // ˈbreɪkˌɪn //

闯入,破门而入,闯入了

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an illegal entry into a home, car, office, etc.
    • : break-in period.

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Examples

  • This is the Mexico that U.S. college students would be wise to steer clear of on spring break.

  • This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.

  • Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.

  • I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.

  • Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”

  • Were you ever arrested, having in your custody another man's cash, and would rather go to gaol, than break it?

  • If old Piegan Smith hadn't been sampling the contents of that keg so industriously he would never have made a break.

  • General Houston had attacked them with three hundred of our people, but had not been able to break their ranks.

  • Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!

  • For good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.