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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++break·out /ˈbreɪkaʊt/ noun [countable]  ESCAPEan escape from a prison, especially one involving a lot of prisoners 〔尤指集体的〕越狱 break out at break1
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breakoutSo I opened the door and snapped on the lights, which made the place look like Stalag 17 during a breakout.That stable situation is then made unstable: Somebody proposes a breakout.Both countries have suffered prison violence, disorder and breakouts.For decorations like fluting close grained hardwoods must be used, like box or pear, to avoid breakout and fluffy edges.Note was taken that Ned had failed to advise the twelfth floor of Barley's drunken breakout after his return from Leningrad.More than 20 died in a camp fire in 1992, and 50 police were injured during a mass breakout in 1996.There was a mass breakout from a city center prison yesterday.Had there been another mass breakout attempt in the night for which they were all to be punished?Prison governors met today to discuss ways of preventing similar breakouts in the future.This is especially important if your skin is prone to breakouts in the T-zone.
From Longman Business Dictionarybreakoutbreak‧out /ˈbreɪkaʊt/ noun [countable]1MARKETINGa very successful product, especially one that comes after a company has produced some less successful onesThis might be the breakout product we’ve been looking for.2ACCOUNTINGmore detailed information referring to part of a set of figuresThe report gives detailed breakouts of wage changes.3a sudden increaseOil prices were on the edge of a major breakout, but turned down in late trading.
break·out nounChineseSyllable
a prison, an Corpus escape one involving a especially from Business


breakout
breakout /ˈbreɪkaʊt/ noun [countable]
an escape from a prison, especially one involving a lot of prisoners ⇨ break out at break1


break·outBrE /ˈbreɪkaʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbreɪkaʊt/ 🔊 nounan escape from prison, usually by a group of prisoners (常指集体的)越狱a mass breakout from a top security prison从防守高度严密的监狱的集体越狱
break·outBrE /ˈbreɪkaʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbreɪkaʊt/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (NAmE, informal) suddenly extremely popular and successful; establishing sb's reputation 一炮走红的;扬名的a breakout hit/movie一炮走红的唱片/电影taking place separately from the main meeting with a smaller number of people 分组会议的a breakout session before the plenary(全体会议前的)分组会议a breakout group on ethical issues讨论道德问题的小组

agenda, AGM, apology, brainstorming, breakout, chair, committee, convene, meeting, the minutes