資料來源 : pyDict

破裂,斷裂,裂開,決裂,敵對(使)破裂

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruptured}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Rupturing}.]
   1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a
      blood vessel.

   2. To produce a hernia in.

Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. i.
   To suffer a breach or disruption.

Rupture \Rup"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum
   to break: cf. F. rupture. See {Reave}, and cf. {Rout} a
   defeat.]
   1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of
      being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the
      rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.
      --Arbuthnot.

            Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly
            rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open
      hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly
      relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.

            He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a
            rupture with his family.              --E. Everett.

   3. (Med.) Hernia. See {Hernia}.

   4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden
      manner than by explosion. See {Explosion}.

   {Modulus of rupture}. (Engin.) See under {Modulus}.

   Syn: Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution.
        See {Fracture}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

rupture
     n 1: state of being torn or burst open
     2: a personal or social separation (as between opposing
        factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
        [syn: {breach}, {break}, {severance}, {rift}, {falling out}]
     3: the act of making a sudden noisy break
     v : separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped";
         "tear the paper" [syn: {tear}, {snap}, {bust}]