brakes是什么意思？

brakes

• n. 制动器( brake的名词复数 )，闸，刹车，阻力；
• v. 刹（车）( brake的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• The brakes screeched. 刹车发出刺耳的声音。
• The car accident was attributed to faulty brakes. 这次车祸被认为是刹车失灵造成的。
• He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车, 车颤抖着停住了。
• His brakes failed on a steep hill. 他的刹车在陡峭的山路上失灵了。
• A driver uses brakes to arrest his car's speed. 司机用刹车降低车速。
• In the distance he hears the screech of a dump truck's brakes. 在很远处,他听见了卡车的急刹车声.
• He heard the screech of brakes. 他听到刺耳的刹车声。
• A lot of the cost of maintenance went into renewing brakes. 很多的维修费用都花在了更换刹车方面.
• Chocks inserted , landing gear safety pins inserted, ground power unit on, release brakes, Please. 轮挡已挡好, 起落架安全销已插好, 地面电源接好, 请松刹车.
• The brakes of the car squealed. 汽车的刹车发出吱吱声.

英语六级真题

My anchor must put the brakes on my traveling plans.
出自-2012年12月听力原文
He usually checks his brakes before a trip
出自-2012年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  制动器；刹车；车闸
  Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
  例句
  The brakes began locking... 制动器开始锁定。 A seagull swooped down in front of her car, causing her to slam on the brakes. 一只海鸥突然扑到她的车前，她急忙猛踩刹车。
• VERB
  刹车；用刹车使（车）减速；刹住（车）
  When a vehicle or its driver brakes, or when a driver brakes a vehicle, the driver makes it slow down or stop by using the brakes.
  例句
  He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision... 为避免相撞而刹车时，他听到了轮胎与地面刺耳的摩擦声。 She braked sharply to avoid another car... 她为了躲另一辆车而紧急刹车。
• N-COUNT
  抑制因素；约束
  You can use brake in a number of expressions to indicate that something has slowed down or stopped.
  例句
  Illness had put a brake on his progress... 疾病使他的进展放缓。 You can take the financial brakes off in June. 6月份可以放开金融管制。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. brake consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle