Fracture



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 骨折; 折断;裂口
• ［英］ n. 骨折 ( a break in the body part) ; 折断;裂口 ( a break, crack)
• ［类］ cement ( 接合)
• ［同］ adj. fractural

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin fractura, from fractus
• Date: 15th century
• 1. the result of fracturing ; break
• 2.
  • a. the act or process of breaking or the state of being broken; especially the breaking of hard tissue (as bone)
  • b. the rupture (as by tearing) of soft tissue <kidney fracture>
• 3. the general appearance of a freshly broken surface of a mineral

II. verb (fractured; fracturing)

• Date: 1612
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to cause a fracture in ; break <fracture a rib>
    • b. rupture, tear
  • 2.
    • a. to damage or destroy as if by rupturing
    • b. to cause great disorder in
    • c. to break up ; fractionate
    • d. to go beyond the limits of (as rules) ; violate <fractured the English language with malaprops — Goodman Ace>
• intransitive verb
  • to undergo fracture

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