break·er /ˈbrekɚ/
斷路器
breaker
斷路器
breaker
斷路器
Break·er n.
1. One who, or that which, breaks.
I'll be no breaker of the law. --Shak.
2. Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
3. Naut. A small water cask.
4. A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.
The breakers were right beneath her bows. --Longfellow.
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breaker
n 1: a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone [syn: ledgeman]
2: waves breaking on the shore [syn: surf, breakers]
3: a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when
overloaded [syn: circuit breaker]