Grammar Note
指车辆的整套制动装置时更常用复数形式 brakes（如 hit the brakes）。
刹车；制动器；制动装置
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刹车；制动器；制动装置
A device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or wheel, for example the brake pedal in a car.
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.)
The mechanic checked the brakes on both front wheels.
机械师检查了两个前轮的刹车。
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。
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指车辆的整套制动装置时更常用复数形式 brakes（如 hit the brakes）。
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