1 damaged or in pieces; not working 损坏了的；破碎的；失灵的: The washing machine's broken. 洗衣机坏了。Watch out! There's broken glass on the floor. 小心！地板上有玻璃碎片。a broken leg 摔断了的腿How did the window get broken ? 窗户是怎么打破的？ ☞picture at chip 见 chip 插图

2 (used about a promise or an agreement) not kept （指诺言或协议）没有遵守的

3 not continuous; interrupted 断断续续的；间断的: a broken line 虚线a broken night's sleep 晚上断断续续的一觉

4 (used about a foreign language) spoken slowly with a lot of mistakes （指外语）不流利的: to speak in broken English 英语说得结结巴巴