Grammar Note
常用作不及物动词表示‘刹车’；及物用法较少见，多指‘压碎、弄碎’等专业含义。
刹车；踩刹车
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刹车；踩刹车
To operate a brake or brakes.
When the traffic light turned yellow, I braked gently and brought the car to a smooth stop.
当交通信号灯变黄时，我轻轻踩下刹车，让汽车平稳地停了下来。
操作刹车
To operate a brake or brakes.
捣碎和碾压；揉捏
To bruise and crush; to knead.
被刹车停止或减速
To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
用耙子粉碎
To pulverise with a harrow.
brake
Base
原形
brakes
3rd person
第三人称单数
braking
-ing
现在分词
braked
Past
过去式
braked
Past participle
过去分词
He brakes carefully when the road is wet.
他在路滑时小心地刹车。
She braked suddenly to avoid the dog.
她突然刹车以避免撞到狗。
The driver is braking hard now.
司机正在用力刹车。
规则动词：brake – braked – braked；现在分词为 braking。
She always brakes early when she sees a school zone ahead.
她看到前方有学校区域时总是提早刹车。
The car was braking hard as it approached the sharp curve.
那辆车在接近急弯时正在猛烈刹车。
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常用作不及物动词表示‘刹车’；及物用法较少见，多指‘压碎、弄碎’等专业含义。
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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