English Dictionary

broke

/bɹəʊk/

noun

(papermaking) Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process. / (obsolete) A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.

He is broke and can't afford to go on vacation.

意味（1）

(papermaking) Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.

If the broke accumulates, a larger proportion can be used in making coloured papers, otherwise the above quantity is sufiicient.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.

Why dost though linger, then, / To hear the flatteries of these men of rags? / These bankrupt beggar-men, / Whose riches are the broke meat in their bags?