(1)使中断，打断(cause to stop，not continue)[T+n]：～one's work to have lunch/sb's studies/sb's flow of thought 中断工作吃午饭/使某人中断学习/打断某人的思绪;His speech was～ed by applause. 他的演讲被掌声打断。Traffic was～ed by a snowstorm. 交通被暴风雪阻断。Trade between the two countries was～ed by the war. 两国间的贸易由于战争而中断。

(2)打断(谈话)，插嘴，打扰(stop a person while he is saying or doing sth，esp by saying sth oneself)[T+n，T+n+prep(with)，I，I+prep(with)](derog)：Please do not～(me)when I am talking. 我说话时请不要打断。～sb (sb's speech) with silly questions 用愚蠢的问题打断某人的谈话;Children must learn not to～.小孩子必须学会不插嘴。

(3)破坏……的一致性(destroy the uniformity of)[T+n]：Breakwaters～the long stretch of beach at intervals. 防波堤使长长的沙滩有几处断开。

(4)阻碍，遮挡(obstruct) [T+n]：Those houses～the view. 那些房子阻碍了视线。

→ ͵inter′rupter n 插嘴者;障碍物;͵inter-′ruption n 打断(扰);插嘴