中文翻译与英英解释

vt. 折取，掐，摘；把…折断；使脱落；打断，断绝，解除(婚约)，使突然停止。
2.vi. 折，裂，分；突然中止，中断；【军事】突然改变航向；暂停工作，稍事休息(He broke off a branch of the tree. 他把一根树枝折断。 A branch of the tree broke off. 一根树枝断了。 break off the negotiation 中断谈判。 Let's break off for a minute. 我们来歇一会儿)。

break:    vt. (broke， 〔古语〕 brake; brok ...

off:    adv. 1.〔运动〕向那边，隔开。 be off 走， ...

prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
同义词：break, discontinue, stop,

interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
同义词：cut short, break short,

break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
同义词：chip, knap, cut off,

break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
同义词：chip, chip off, come off, break away,

break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"
同义词：break, snap off,

例句与用法

He broke off half way and said no more .
他话说了半截儿，又缩回去了。

He broke off in the middle of a sentence .
他一句话只说了一半就停住了。

You'll never break off our engagement again .
你不会再取消咱们的婚约了吧？

She broke off a piece of chocolate and gave it to me .
她掰下一块巧克力给我。

Now she broke off and began to cry .
她语塞了，开始哭泣。

He broke off his engagement to her .
他和她解除了婚约。

Here the narrative breaks off .
故事讲到这里戛然而止。

His head broke off and a big hole was left there .
他的头被打破了，头顶上出了个大洞。

Let 's break off for a minute .
我们来歇一会儿。

A branch of the tree broke off .
一根树枝断了。