broke學測 L4KK [ˈbrok] ｜ /ˈbroʊk/
身無分文的；沒錢的·打破；折斷
GEPT中級常考，過去式與口語沒錢兩用
By the end of the school trip, everyone was completely broke.
校外教學結束時，大家都身無分文了。
一個畫面：碎裂見底
用力打破外力一擊，東西應聲碎裂
碎片掉落完整物體裂成好幾片
存款見底錢用光了，像水位見底
義項
口袋掏空C2adjective身無分文的；沒錢的
After losing his job, John was broke and had to borrow money from his friends.
丟了工作後，約翰身無分文，只能跟朋友借錢。
be brokego broke
物品碎裂C2verb打破；折斷
He fell down the stairs and broke his leg.
他從樓梯上摔下來，摔斷了腿。
broke a promisebroke the rules
片語
go broke破產倒閉 →變得身無分文；破產
dead broke錢包見底 →徹底身無分文
break a leg反話祝福 →祝你好運（諺語）
break the ice打破尷尬 →打破僵局，開啟話題
break down故障拋錨 →故障；情緒崩潰
break even收支打平 →收入剛好打平支出
你會不會這樣說？
He hit the ___ hard to stop the car. (broke / brake)
看答案
brake
brake是煞車，broke是break的過去式，發音相同但詞性不同。
'After losing his job, John was broke.' 這裡的 broke 最接近哪個意思？(A) 打破了 (B) 沒有錢 (C) 摔斷了
看答案
(B)
broke在此作形容詞，指「身無分文」，而非動詞的「打破」。
字族
break 打破；休息（原形動詞）・broken 破損的；故障的（過去分詞）