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    broken-down

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌbroken-ˈdown adjective  not working, or in very bad condition 坏掉的；破烂的 a broken-down truck 一辆破卡车
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    broken-down• Sitting on a broken-down couch in the cluttered Casa Maria headquarters, Flagg chuckles at that particular take.• With these memories, I expected Galway City, my destination, to be a hopeless, broken-down kind of place.• Benji can look like a broken-down old cab horse with a real novice on his back or he can look really smart.• His reward for helping to fix the broken-down Time Machine is to travel to a time of his choice.• a broken-down trailer• With his broken-down truck and borrowed electricity, Carvel was the prototypical sole proprietor.• Ali turned immediately to his right and climbed over a broken-down wall.
    ˌbroken-ˈdown adjectiveChineseSyllable
    not working, in or Corpus very bad condition


    broken-down
    ˌbroken-ˈdown adjective
    not working, or in very bad condition:
        a broken-down truck


    broken-downBrE /ˌbrəʊkən ˈdaʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbroʊkən ˈdaʊn/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] in a very bad condition; not working correctly; very tired and sick 状况很差的；出故障的；衰弱的◆a broken-down old car/horse出了毛病的旧车；衰老的马