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medical )医学 an injury in which something inside the body breaks apart or bursts (= explodes) (体内组织等的)断裂,破裂 the rupture of a blood vessel 血管破裂
a situation when something breaks or bursts 断裂;爆裂 ruptures of oil and water pipelines 石油和输水管道的爆裂
- (informal)
a hernia of the abdomen 疝气 - (formal)
the ending of agreement or of good relations between people, countries, etc. (关系的)破裂,决裂;绝交 a rupture in relations between the two countries 两国关系的破裂 Nothing could heal the rupture with his father. 没有什么可以弥合他和父亲之间的裂痕。
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Old French rupture or Latin ruptura, from rumpere ‘to break’. The verb dates from the mid 18th cent.