English Dictionary

breakdown

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɹeɪkdaʊn/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 アメリカ英語 古風

A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed / A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability / Listing, division or categorization in great detail

日本語の意味

1. 機械やシステムなどの故障（機械的な故障を含む） / 2. 精神的、肉体的な崩壊（精神崩壊など） / 3. 詳細な内訳や分類、分解

Our car suffered a breakdown on the highway, forcing us to call for roadside assistance.

私たちの車は高速道路で故障し、ロードサービスを呼ばざるを得ませんでした。

意味（1）

A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed

We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.

意味（2）

A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability

After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.

意味（3）

Listing, division or categorization in great detail

Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.

意味（4）

(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.

意味（5）

(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.

意味（6）

(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.

意味（7）

A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.

And now it's time for a breakdown!

意味（8）

(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).

Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.

意味（9）

(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in Southern United States African American music.

意味（10）

(US, dated) Any crude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.

Don't clear out when the quadrilles are over, for we are going to have a breakdown to wind up with.

意味（11）

(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.

Foggy Mountain Breakdown

意味（12）

(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.

breakdowns （ plural ）