a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle 刹车；制动器；车闸 
to put/slam on the brakes 踩／猛踩刹车 the brake pedal 刹车踏板 She stopped with a squeal/screech of the brakes. 她尖叫着刹车停下来。
Homophones brake | breakbrake break- brake noun
The parking brake comes on by itself. 驻车制动器自动启动。
- brake verb
There wasn't even time for the driver to brake. 司机甚至没有时间刹车。
- break verb
Break the biscuits into small pieces. 把饼干分成小块。
- break noun
They left the office for a tea break. 他们离开办公室去喝茶休息。
Collocationssee also air brake, disc brake, footbrake, handbrakeDriving Driving 驾驶 Having a car 拥有一辆汽车 - have/own/(British English) run a car
有一辆汽车 - ride a motorcycle/motorbike
骑摩托车 - drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/(North American English, informal) a stick shift
开／喜欢／用自动挡／手动挡汽车 - have/get your car serviced/fixed/repaired
给汽车做一次保养／维修一下／修理一下 - buy/sell a used car/(especially British English) a second-hand car
买／卖二手车 - take/pass/fail a (British English) driving test/(both North American English) driver’s test/road test
参加／通过／未通过驾照考试／道路考试 - get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your (British English) driving licence/(North American English) driver’s license
得到／拥有／丢失／携带驾照
Driving 驾驶 - put on/fasten/(North American English) buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt
系上／解开安全带 - put/turn/leave the key in the ignition
把钥匙插进点火开关；转动钥匙点火；把钥匙留在点火开关 - start the car/engine
发动汽车／引擎 - (British English) change/(North American English) shift/put something into gear
换挡；挂上挡 - press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator
踩刹车／离合器／油门 - release the clutch/(especially British English) the handbrake/(both North American English) the emergency brake/the parking brake
松开离合器／手刹 - drive/park/reverse the car
驾车；停车；倒车 - (British English) indicate left/right
- (especially North American English) signal that you are turning left/right
- take/miss (British English) the turning/(especially North American English) the turn
拐弯；错过拐弯处 - apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)
踩刹车；猛踩刹车 - beep/honk/(especially British English) toot/(British English) sound your horn
按喇叭
Problems and accidents 问题及事故 - a car skids/crashes (into something)/collides (with something)
车打滑／撞上（某物）／（与某物）相撞 - swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian
猛地转弯以避开迎面来的车／行人 - crash/lose control of the car
撞车；车失控 - have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/(North American English) a car wreck/a hit-and-run
出车祸／肇事逃逸事故；在车祸／肇事逃逸事故中丧生；幸免于车祸／肇事逃逸事故 - be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck
被汽车／公交车／大卡车轧过／撞倒 - dent/hit (British English) the bonnet/(North American English) the hood
撞凹／撞上引擎盖 - break/crack/shatter (British English) the windscreen/(North American English) the windshield
打碎挡风玻璃 - blow/(especially British English) burst/puncture (British English) a tyre/(North American English) a tire
爆胎；扎破轮胎 - get/have (British English) a flat tyre/a flat tire/a puncture
胎瘪了；轮胎被扎破了 - inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire
给轮胎充气；更换／安装／更换／检查轮胎
Traffic and driving regulations 交通法规 - be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam
遇上堵车 - cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock
引起交通堵塞 - experience/face lengthy delays
经历／面临长时间的延误 - beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour
避开交通高峰时段 - break/observe/(North American English) drive the speed limit
超速行驶；遵守速度限制；限速行驶 - be caught on (British English) a speed camera
被测速摄像机逮住 - stop somebody for/pull somebody over for/(British English, informal) be done for speeding
因超速被要求停车／停靠路边／被逮住 - (both informal) run/(British English) jump a red light/the lights
闯红灯 - be arrested for/charged with (British English) drink-driving/(both US English) driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)
因酒后驾车／醉酒驾车被逮捕／起诉 - be banned/(British English) disqualified from driving
被禁止驾车；被取消驾驶资格
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryb2Is the brake on? 踩着剎车吗？ My brakes are not working properly. 我的剎车失灵了。 She slammed on the brakes to try to avoid the dog. 她猛踩剎车想避开那条狗。 The car crashed after its brakes failed. 那辆汽车剎车失灵，出了车祸。 We heard the screech of brakes, followed by a loud crash. 我们听到一声急剎车，接着就是巨大的撞击声。
- brake (on something)
a thing that stops something or makes it difficult 阻力；障碍 High interest rates are a brake on the economy. 高利率阻碍了经济发展。 The need to earn some money put the brakes on my wilder ambitions. 挣钱的需要限制了我的远大志向。 High interest rates will act as a brake on the economy. 高利率将成为经济的刹车。
Word Originlate 18th cent.: of unknown origin.
Idioms
jam on the brake(s) | jam the brake(s) on
to operate the brakes on a vehicle suddenly and with force 猛踩刹车