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verb + the handbrake
V 常用 pull、apply、release 等动词。
Pull the handbrake before you get out of the car.
下车前拉起手刹。
手刹；手刹车
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
手刹；手刹车
a brake in a vehicle that is operated by hand, typically used to keep the car from moving when parked
Pull the handbrake before you get out of the car.
下车前拉起手刹。
车辆的手动制动器,通常锁定至手动释放,用于停车
A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
用于设置和释放手刹的机构,如汽车的手动锁定杆或脚踏拨杆,或轨道车的手动曲柄
The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.
Before you get out of the car, remember to pull the handbrake.
下车前记得拉上手刹。
She forgot to release the handbrake, so the car would not move.
她忘了松开手刹，所以车动不了。
The car rolled down the hill because the handbrake was not working.
因为手刹失灵了，汽车向山下溜去。
V 常用 pull、apply、release 等动词。
Pull the handbrake before you get out of the car.
下车前拉起手刹。
与名词搭配时，on/off 可放在名词前后：put the handbrake on 或 put on the handbrake；代词则必须分开，如 put it on。
He put the handbrake on and got out.
他拉上手刹，然后下了车。
with + 名词 + on/off 表示伴随状态。
Don't drive with the handbrake on.
别拉着手刹开车。
Not this
He pulled handbrake suddenly.
Use this
He pulled the handbrake suddenly.
汉语没有冠词，英语中 handbrake 是可数名词单数，需要加定冠词 the 来特指车上的手刹。中文原句“他突然拉手刹”没有对应的冠词概念，所以容易漏掉。
Not this
Loosen the handbrake before starting the car.
Use this
Release the handbrake before starting the car.
loosen 表示“使变松”，是直译汉语“松手刹”的“松”；但英语中解除手刹状态应使用 release，表示“松开/解除”，而不是把刹车本身弄松。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
拉手刹
Always pull the handbrake when parking on a hill.
在坡上停车时一定要拉手刹。
松手刹
Release the handbrake before you drive off.
开车出发前先松手刹。
手刹甩尾掉头
The driver did a handbrake turn in the movie.
电影里司机做了一个手刹甩尾掉头。
手刹杆
The handbrake lever is between the front seats.
手刹杆位于前排座位之间。
忘记松手刹；让手刹处于拉起状态
I left the handbrake on and the car smelled burnt.
我忘记松手刹，车里有股烧焦的味道。
拉手刹；使用手刹
Apply the handbrake after stopping the engine.
关闭发动机后拉上手刹。
放慢；阻止；给……踩刹车
Rising costs have put the handbrake on the company's expansion plans.
成本不断上升使公司的扩张计划踩了刹车。
紧急叫停；急刹车
The manager pulled the handbrake on the whole deal at the last minute.
经理在最后一刻叫停了整笔交易。
急转弯；突然转向
The company did a handbrake turn and cancelled its biggest product.
公司来了个急转弯，取消了自己最大的产品。
Use handbrake naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
由 hand（手）和 brake（刹车）组成，手拉的刹车就是手刹，联想车内用手拉起的制动杆。
语域：neutral 常见场景：driving instruction、vehicle maintenance、roadside parking handbrake 是日常通用说法，语气中性，多用于驾驶、停车和车辆维护等场景；口语和书面说明中都比较常见。
All listed words rhyme with the '-brake' part of 'handbrake': brake, break, cake, make, lake, and steak all end with the /eɪk/ sound. Note that 'break' and 'steak' are spelled with '-ea-', not '-a-', yet they are pronounced /eɪk/, unlike similar-looking words such as 'bleak' or 'peak' (/iːk/).
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