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語源

From Middle English tobreken (“to break apart, break in pieces, shatter”), from 古期英語 tōbrecan, tebrecan (“to break in pieces, break apart”), from Proto-West Germanic *tebrekan, from Proto-Germanic *tebrekaną (“to break apart”), equivalent to to- (“apart, in pieces”) +‎ break. Cognate with Old Saxon tebrekan (“to break apart”), Middle Dutch tebreken (“to break apart, shatter”), German zerbrechen (“to break apart, shatter, smash”).

動詞

tobreak (三人称単数 現在形 tobreaks, 現在分詞 tobreaking, 過去形 tobroke, 過去分詞 tobroken)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To break completely; crush.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 9:53:

     And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all tobrake his skull.

2. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To break apart; break in pieces.

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