break, burst, crack, crush, fracture, shatter, smash

名詞 fracture:

1. breaking of hard tissue such as bone
   同義詞：break
2. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
   同義詞：fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, break
3. the act of cracking something
   同義詞：crack, cracking

動詞 fracture:

1. violate or abuse
2. interrupt, break, or destroy
3. break into pieces
4. become fractured
5. break (a bone)
6. fracture a bone of
   同義詞：break

1. Fracture of the leg can be very serious in old people.
   老年人腿骨骨折有可能成為嚴重疾患。
2. His son suffered from a fractured pelvis.
   他兒子出現(xiàn)骨盆骨折。
3. He had several injuries, including three fractures.
   他多處受傷，其中三處骨折。
4. Her leg fractured in two places.
   她的腿有兩處骨折。

frac.ture

n.（名詞）

The act or process of breaking.
破碎：打碎的動作或過程
The condition of having been broken or ruptured:
破裂：被打碎或打裂的狀態(tài)：
例句：
.a sudden and irreparable fracture of the established order.(W. Bruce Lincoln)
.本已確立的秩序的突然而無法挽救的破裂.(W.布魯斯·林肯)

A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage.
骨折：尤指在骨頭或軟骨上的破碎、破裂或裂縫
Mineralogy
【礦物學】
The characteristic manner in which a mineral breaks.
斷裂：礦物破碎的典型方式
The characteristic appearance of the surface of a broken mineral.
斷面：破碎礦物表面的典型外觀
Geology A crack or fault in a rock.
【地質(zhì)學】 巖石的裂縫或斷層
v.（動詞）
frac.tured,frac.tur.ing,frac.tures
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To cause to break:
使破碎：
例句：
fracture a bone.
折斷骨頭

To disrupt or destroy as if by breaking:
使破裂：仿佛由折斷引起的分裂或毀壞：
例句：
fractured the delicate balance of power.
破壞了權利的微妙平衡

To abuse or misuse flagrantly, as by violating rules:
濫用：嚴重地濫用或錯用，如違反規(guī)定：
例句：
ignorant writers who fracture the language.
濫用語言的無知作家

Slang To cause to laugh heartily:
【俚語】 引起大笑：
例句：
.Jack Benny fractured audiences . . . for more than 50 years.(Newsweek)
.杰克·本尼…五十多年來給觀眾帶來了很多歡樂.(新聞周刊)

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To undergo a fracture.See Synonyms at break
被折斷參見 break

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin fr3ctôra
源自 拉丁語 fr3ctôra
from fr3ctus [past participle of] frangere [to break] * see bhreg-
源自 fr3ctus [] frangere的過去分詞 [打碎] *參見 bhreg-