rupture /ˈrʌptʃə/ CET6 TEM8 ( rupturing, ruptured, ruptures )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A rupture is a severe injury in which an internal part of your body tears or bursts open, especially the part between the bowels and the abdomen. (体内组织) 破裂

  例：

  He died of an abdominal infection caused by a rupture of his stomach.

  他死于由一次胃穿孔引发的腹部感染。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If a person or animal ruptures a part of their body or if it ruptures, it tears or bursts open. 使 (体内组织) 破裂; (体内组织) 破裂

  例：

  His stomach might rupture from all the acid.

  他的胃可能会因为所有这些酸而穿孔。

  例：

  While playing badminton, I ruptured my Achilles tendon.

  打羽毛球的时候，我把跟腱撕裂了。

• 3. 

  V-T If you rupture yourself, you rupture a part of your body, usually because you have lifted something heavy. 使患疝气

  例：

  He ruptured himself playing football.

  他因踢足球而发了疝气。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If an object ruptures or if something ruptures it, it bursts open. 使爆裂; 爆裂

  例：

  Certain petrol tanks in trucks can rupture and burn in a collision.

  卡车内的某些油箱会在一次碰撞中爆裂起火。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT If there is a rupture between people, relations between them get much worse or end completely. (关系) 破裂; 决裂

  例：

  The incidents have not yet caused a major rupture in the political ties between countries.

  这些事件尚未造成各国间政治联系的严重破裂。

• 6. 

  V-T If someone or something ruptures relations between people, they damage them, causing them to become worse or to end. 使 (关系) 破裂; 使决裂

  例：

  Brutal clashes between squatters and police yesterday ruptured the city's governing coalition.

  昨天私自占地者与警察的野蛮冲突使这座城市的执政联盟破裂。