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BNC: 18615 COCA: 10154

broke

1 broke
1 broke
Learner's definition of BROKE
past tense of 1break
2 broke /ˈbroʊk/ adjective
2 broke
/ˈbroʊk/
adjective
Learner's definition of BROKE
not used before a noun informal
: not having any money一文不名;身无分文

go broke

informal
: to spend or lose all of your money破产;花光钱财

go for broke

informal
: to do something that is dangerous or that could result in complete failure in order to try to achieve success孤注一掷

if it ain't broke, don't fix it

informal
used to say that you should not try to change something that is working well没有问题,就不要碰它(如果运作正常,就不要改变)
BNC: 18615 COCA: 10154

broke

1 of 2

past tense of break

broke

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

Adjective She is broke and homeless. Can I borrow 10 dollars? I'm broke until payday.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
It’s been reported that about 60 percent of former NBA players go broke within five years of retirement. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 28 July 2022 Going for broke rather than investing just 20 percent or zero in the market certainly produces a much higher upside. Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Naive and good-natured, Scully failed to file travel expense reports, and the earnest announcer nearly went broke the first year. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2022 As the water rose, Ms. Estep tried to run for her life after a storage shed broke loose from its moorings and slammed hard into the side of her trailer, a gift from her boyfriend of 17 years, Ronnie Holcomb. New York Times, 31 July 2022 Alex Toth died broke and facing federal charges in 2008 at the age of 60. Fox News, 29 July 2022 At the signal, Thoms pulled so hard the oar broke, forcing officials to postpone the team’s heat. Kim O'connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 And though there’s been a little remodeling over the years at the venerable sandwich shop his parents spun up 50 years ago, its safe to say that nothing’s broke. Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2022 There's so many funny stories that my parents have of those early days when they were broke and figuring it out. Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, refinery29.com, 19 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, alteration of broken

First Known Use

Adjective

1710, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of broke was in 1710
BNC: 18615 COCA: 10154
broke

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe身無分文go (= go bankrupt) 破產The company went broke last year.這家公司去年倒閉了。ADVERBcompletely, flat (informal) , totally (especially NAmE) 徹底破產
stone, stony (BrE, both informal) 一分錢都沒有I'm stony / stone broke at the moment.我現在一分錢都沒有。nearly幾乎身無分文

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