five different uses of the word 'break'.

「break」這個字的 5 種不同用法，

As a verb, 'break' can have many meanings,

當做動詞，「break」可以有很多意思，

but today we're only going to look at three.

但是今天，我們先介紹 3 個意思。

Number one.

第 1 個意思：

It means to 'separate into pieces'.

意思是「分裂成碎片」，

Oh, I sat on my glasses,

喔，我坐到了我的眼鏡，

but thankfully they didn't break!

還好鏡片沒有破掉！

Two,

第 2 個意思：

break means that something

break 的意思是某樣東西

'doesn't operate or doesn't function properly'.

「無法操作或是無法正常運行」。

Why is my laptop not working?

我的筆電怎麼不能用了？

Don't tell me it's broken.

別告訴我它壞了。

And meaning number three.

第 3 個意思：

It means to 'surpass or do better than something else'.

意思是「超越或勝過其他事物」。

Have you seen that new horror film?

你看過那部新上映的恐怖片了嗎？

It broke all the box office records.

它打破了所有電影的票房記錄。

As an adjective, 'breaking' is very often used

作為形容詞，「breaking」通常

together with the word 'news'

和「news」這個字一起用，

to mean that the news is 'very, very recent'.

意思是「新聞快訊」。

I get breaking news notifications on my phone.

我的電話收到新聞快訊的通知。

And finally, as a noun,

最後一個意思，當做名詞：

break means to 'stop working for a short time'.

break 意思是「短暫停止工作」。

It's time for a break!

休息時間到了！