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動詞

break in (third-person singular simple present breaks in, present participle breaking in, simple past broke in, past participle broken in)

1. (intransitive) To enter a place by force or illicit means.

   Someone broke in and stole his radio.

   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 June 2013:

     Thousands gathered at São Paulo’s main cathedral and made their way to the mayor’s office, where a small group smashed windows and tried to break in, forcing guards to withdraw.

2. (transitive) To smash (something) by forcing it inward.
   • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados

     Break in the door. We are held up!

3. (ambitransitive, ergative, idiomatic) To reach a state of functioning more smoothly through use or wear; to cause (something, or someone, new) to undergo this change.

   Synonym: wear in

   Coordinate terms: break down, wear out

   These shoes will be more comfortable after they have broken in.

   These shoes will be more comfortable after I have broken them in.

4. (transitive, idiomatic) Starting something brand new or at a new level.

   He broke in with the New York Yankees.

5. (transitive, of a horse) To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner.
   • [1877], Anna Sewell, “An Old War Horse”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part III, page 162:

     Captain had been broken in and trained for an army horse; his first owner was an officer of cavalry going out to the Crimean War. He said he quite enjoyed the training with all the other horses, trotting together, turning together, to the right hand or to the left, halting at the word of command, or dashing forward at full speed at the sound of the trumpet, or signal of the officer.

6. (transitive, colloquial) To take the virginity of a girl, to deflower.
   • 2002, Allison Moorer, “Ruby Jewel Was Here”, in Miss Fortune:

     While brothel patrons placed their bets / On who would be the first to break her in

7. (intransitive) To interrupt one's conversation; speak before another person has finished speaking.
8. (transitive, slang) To initiate a new person into prostitution or prison sex acts.

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参考

• break and enter, breaking and entering
• burn-in

アナグラム

• inbreak

語源 1

Deverbal from break in.

名詞

break-in (plural break-ins)

1. The act of entering a place with the intent to steal or commit some other offense; an instance of breaking and entering.

   There was a break-in at the shop; everything was taken.

語源 2

Coined by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman to describe their then-new song The Flying Saucer, referring to how material from one song would break into their song.

名詞

break-in (plural break-ins)

1. (often attributive) A novelty record where a question is asked or a comment is raised, and the replies are lyrics from other songs, sampled from the recordings.
   • 2021, Justin Morey, “UK Sampling Practice”, in Ewa Mazierska, editor, The Evolution of Electronic Dance Music, page 66:

     Described by Ken Simpson as a ... novelty record where ‘snippets of current hits’ are inserted into ‘a little melodrama almost set up as a newscast’ (Simpson 2016), the first example of a break-in record that I am aware of is ... The Flying Saucer.

アナグラム

• inbreak