Tra từ broken - Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.bro‧ken¹ /ˈbrəʊkən $ ˈbroʊ/ BrE AmE
the past participle of ↑break
II.broken² BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: noun: ↑break, ↑outbreak, ↑breakage; adjective: ↑breakable ≠ ↑unbreakable, ↑broken ≠ ↑unbroken; verb: ↑break]

1. PIECE OF EQUIPMENT not working properly:
The CD player’s broken again.
Do you know how the phone got broken (=became broken)?
2. OBJECT in small pieces because it has been hit, dropped etc:
Mind the broken glass.
Wrap it up well so it doesn’t get broken (=become broken) in the mail.
3. BONE cracked because you have had an accident:
a badly broken leg
Gibbs had an X-ray, which revealed no broken bones.
4. NOT CONTINUOUS interrupted and not continuous:
a broken white line
a long noisy night of broken sleep
5. PERSON extremely weak mentally or physically because you have suffered a lot:
He returned from the war a broken man.
6. broken English/French etc if you speak in broken English, French etc, you speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because you know only a little of the language
7. broken home a family that no longer lives together because the parents have ↑divorced:
The majority of offenders do not come from broken homes.
8. broken marriage a marriage that has ended because the husband and wife do not live together anymore
9. a broken heart a feeling of extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died or left you:
I reckon she died of a broken heart.
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THESAURUS
▪ broken something that is broken has become separated into pieces, for example by being hit or dropped: The floor was covered in broken glass. | This suitcase is no good – the handle’s broken. | The birds had gotten into the cabin through a broken window. | In the corner of the room were a broken chair and a rickety old desk.
▪ out of order [not before noun] if a machine, especially one used by the public, is out of order, it is not working for a temporary period: Every phone I tried was out of order. | The toilets were all out of order.
▪ down [not before noun] if a computer system is down, it is not working: The computer system was down all afternoon, so we went home. | go down (=stop working): The network went down at 11:00 and we lost the whole morning’s work.
▪ on the blink (also on the fritz American English) [not before noun] informal if a piece of electrical equipment is on the blink, it sometimes works and sometimes does not: My TV’s on the blink again. | go on the blink/fritz: The car’s air conditioning went on the fritz just as we reached Dallas.
▪ there’s something wrong with something used when saying that a car, machine etc does not work properly and you do not know why: There’s something wrong with my car; I think it might be the battery. | There was something wrong with the photocopier, so we called in the service company. | have something wrong with it: If the VCR has something wrong with it, take it back to the store.
▪ something has had it informal used when saying that a car, machine etc is completely broken and cannot be repaired: I’m afraid the bike’s had it.

b\\brokenhu

broken
When something is broken, it does not work or has been damaged.

◎	['broukən]
※	động tính từ quá khứ của break
※	tính từ
	■	bị gãy, bị vỡ
	■	vụn
		☆	broken bread
			bánh mì vụn
		☆	broken meat
			thịt vụn; thịt thừa
		☆	broken tea
			chè vụn
	■	đứt quãng, chập chờn, thất thường
		☆	broken words
			lời nói đứt quãng
		☆	broken sleep
			giấc ngủ chập chờn
		☆	broken weather
			thời tiết thất thường
	■	nhấp nhô, gập ghềnh
		☆	broken ground
			đất nhấp nhô
	■	suy nhược, ốm yếu, quỵ
		☆	broken health
			sức khoẻ suy nhược
	■	tuyệt vọng, đau khổ
		☆	broken man
			người đau khổ tuyệt vọng
		☆	broken heart
			lòng đau dớn; sự đau lòng
		☆	to die of a broken heart
			chết vì đau buồn
	■	nói sai
		☆	broken English
			tiếng Anh nói sai
	■	không được tôn trọng, không được thực hiện
		☆	broken promise
			lời hứa không được tôn trọng