用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
He braked suddenly.他突然刹车。
I braked hard as a dog ran onto the road in front of me.一只狗跑到汽车前面的路上,我猛踩刹车。
▲S+～+to-v
She braked suddenly to avoid the dog.为了不撞着那条狗,她突然紧急刹车。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The driver braked his car.司机刹住车子。

［词源］＜中古英语brekon(破,制动)

My brakes failed.我的刹车失灵了。
A driver uses brakes to arrest his car's speed.司机用刹车降低车速。
The rise in interest rates acted as a brake on expenditure.利率的提高产生了抑制消费的作用。