fracture
US /ˈfræktʃɚ/
・UK /'fræktʃə(r)/
B2
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Break in a bone, usually small
She has a fracture in her arm from the car accident
v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To break something hard, usually a bone
She will surely fracture her leg if she plays football again
v.t.Transitive VerbTo break, usually a bone
She will surely fracture her leg if she plays football again.
v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To cause a break down in a relationship
The money problems will fracture their marriage
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A break down in a relationship
The money problems caused a fracture in their marriage
v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To break apart or split, especially along lines of weakness.
The organization began to fracture after the scandal.
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A crack or break in rock.
The geologist studied the fractures in the rock formation.
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)The act of cracking or breaking a material; the surface created when a material breaks.
The metal underwent fracture due to stress.
Video subtitles
Ed Sheeran - Sapphire (Official Music Video)
- You're glowing, you color and fracture the light, you can't help but shine.
You're glowing, you color and fracture the light, you can't help but shine.
- You're glowing, your coloring fracture the light.
You're glowing, your coloring fracture the light.
EMMA WEBSTER : THAT THOUGHT MIGHT THINK | LOS ANGELES
- But there's a lot of invention that happens in the painting, like, you know, there's, there's peeling up the paint and kind of striking through, there's like splashes, there's, I'm really trying to get these like ray of lights to, to come down and fracture into bits of purple and brown and pinks and have all of these different sort of ways that the light hits and reflects all the way across this diagonal.
But there's a lot of invention that happens in the painting, like, you know, there's, there's peeling up the paint and kind of striking through, there's like splashes, there's, I'm really trying to get these like ray of lights to, to come down and fracture into bits of purple and brown and pinks and have all of these different sort of ways that the light hits and reflects all the way across this diagonal.
- There's I'm really trying to get these, like, ray of lights to, to come down and fracture into bits of purple and brown and pinks and have all of these different sort of ways that the light hits and reflects all the way across this diagonal.
There's I'm really trying to get these, like, ray of lights to, to come down and fracture into bits of purple and brown and pinks and have all of these different sort of ways that the light hits and reflects all the way across this diagonal.
Aid groups warn that ‘mass starvation’ is spreading in Gaza | BBC News
- This child had a very simple fracture, every reason to do well, but two months after his injury, the bone was crooked, and there were no signs of healing.
This child had a very simple fracture, every reason to do well, but two months after his injury, the bone was crooked, and there were no signs of healing.
- This child had a very simple fracture, every reason to do well.
This child had a very simple fracture, every reason to do well.
Out of the Mouths of Apes: Teeth Provide Insight on Evolution
- In our laboratory, we perform fracture experiments on human teeth,
In our laboratory, we perform fracture experiments on human teeth,
- >> In our laboratory, we perform fracture experiments on human teeth, and from these experiments,
>> In our laboratory, we perform fracture experiments on human teeth, and from these experiments,
Trump asks for release of grand jury documents in Epstein case | REUTERS
- It's caused a rare fracture of support for Trump, who has called the matter a hoax.
It's caused a rare fracture of support for Trump, who has called the matter a hoax.
- It's caused a rare fracture of support for Trump, who has called the matter a hoax.
It's caused a rare fracture of support for Trump, who has called the matter a hoax.
Why Plastic Straws Suck
- All plastics ultimately sort of break down and fracture into smaller and smaller bits of plastic as a result of being tossed around by the waves and then by the fact that sunlight basically makes the plastic brittle.
All plastics ultimately sort of break down and fracture into smaller and smaller bits of plastic as a result of being tossed around by the waves and then by the fact that sunlight basically makes the plastic brittle.
- and fracture into smaller and smaller bits of plastic
and fracture into smaller and smaller bits of plastic
How To Be Creative Again (REALISTIC) Ep.1 ✦ Asian Film Style
- That was a fracture of something I was missing in my work,
That was a fracture of something I was missing in my work,
- That was a fracture of something I was missing in my work.
That was a fracture of something I was missing in my work.
10 Countries That May Not Survive The Next 20 Years
- In the next 20 years, Belgium may fracture, creating two new countries in Europe, Flanders and Wallonia.
In the next 20 years, Belgium may fracture, creating two new countries in Europe, Flanders and Wallonia.
- In the next 20 years Belgium may fracture
In the next 20 years Belgium may fracture
The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942)
- You'll fracture my skull!
You'll fracture my skull!
肋骨骨折會自己好嗎？急診醫生回答「創傷問題」：有些傷口縫線是動物腸子做的！ ER Doctor Answers Injury Questions｜名人專業問答｜GQ Taiwan
- It depends on where the fracture is, how severe the fracture is, and how well-aligned the bones are.
It depends on where the fracture is, how severe the fracture is, and how well-aligned the bones are.
- It depends on where the fracture is, how severe the fracture is,
It depends on where the fracture is, how severe the fracture is,