apply the brakes
指平稳地踩刹车来减速或停车；若指单个制动器，也可说 apply the brake。
She applied the brakes gently as the car approached the junction.
汽车驶近路口时，她轻轻踩下刹车。
蕨类植物；凤尾蕨；灌木丛；荆棘丛；折弯机；金属板弯曲机；古代弩炮；投石机；碎土重型耙；拖耙
A device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or wheel, for example the brake pedal in a car.
用于减慢或停止车轮或车辆运动的装置,通常通过摩擦(尽管也可以使用其他阻力,如电磁场或空气阻力)；也指用于启动此类机制的控制装置或设备,如汽车中的踏板。
A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
某些蕨类植物,包括
Certain ferns, including
灌木丛或长满荆棘的区域
A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.
一种用于弯曲金属板的机器
A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
用于减速或停车的装置
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
类似于弩和投石机的古代战争机器。
An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
一种用于打碎犁后土块的大型重型耙
A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth after ploughing; a drag.
各种凤尾蕨属的蕨类植物,具有羽状复叶,包括几种受欢迎的室内植物
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
泵的手柄。
The handle of a pump.
用于打碎亚麻或大麻的工具
A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
大型粗蕨,常高达数英尺；基本为杂草性蕨类；全球分布。
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
面包师的揉面槽
A baker’s kneading trough.
用于限制或防止动物运动的装置
A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.
车厢或引擎的一部分,使其能够转向
That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
She pressed the brake to slow the car before the turn.
她在转弯前踩下刹车以减慢车速。
用法提示：brake 作名词，指制动装置，这里作 pressed 的宾语。
The mechanic checked the brakes on both front wheels.
机械师检查了两个前轮的刹车。
用法提示：brakes 是 brake 的复数名词形式，指车轮的制动装置。
I had to use the brake suddenly when a dog ran into the road.
一条狗跑到路上时，我不得不突然使用刹车。
用法提示：brake 是名词，作 use 的宾语，表示制动器。
指平稳地踩刹车来减速或停车；若指单个制动器，也可说 apply the brake。
She applied the brakes gently as the car approached the junction.
汽车驶近路口时，她轻轻踩下刹车。
强调突然而用力地急刹车，语气比 apply the brakes 强烈。
He slammed on the brakes when a child ran into the road.
一个孩子跑到路上时，他猛地踩下刹车。
刹车装置作主语，表示失灵；brakes 通常用复数，也可说 a brake failure。
The brakes failed on the steep hill, and the truck sped up.
在下坡路上刹车失灵，卡车越开越快。
grammar · medium
易错句子The car's break failed, so it hit the wall.
正确表达The car's brake failed, so it hit the wall.
brake 是名词，指车上用来减速或停车的制动装置；break 意思是“打破、损坏”或“休息”。两者读音相同但拼写和词义不同，表示“刹车”时只能用 brake。
grammar · medium
易错句子He stepped the brake hard to avoid the dog.
正确表达He stepped on the brake hard to avoid the dog.
step 表示“踩在某物上”时是不及物用法，后面要接介词 on 再跟踩的对象；汉语“踩刹车”没有介词，容易漏掉 on。所以应是 step on the brake。
grammar · medium
易错句子The driver hit brake suddenly to avoid the child.
正确表达The driver hit the brake suddenly to avoid the child.
brake 是可数名词，单数形式前必须有冠词或限定词；汉语名词前不需要冠词，学习者常直接省略。这里指某一辆车上的那个刹车，用定冠词 the。
踩刹车；施加制动
Always apply the brakes gently on wet roads.
在湿滑路面上一定要轻踩刹车。
猛踩刹车；急刹车
The driver slammed on the brakes to avoid a child.
司机猛踩刹车，以免撞到一个孩子。
急踩刹车
She hit the brakes the moment the light turned red.
红灯一亮她就急踩刹车。
刹车踏板
He kept his foot on the brake pedal while waiting.
等车时他一直把脚踩在刹车踏板上。
刹车失灵
The crash was caused by brake failure.
这起车祸是刹车失灵造成的。
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Anti-lock brakes help you steer even when you brake hard.
即使急刹车，防抱死刹车也能帮你控制方向。