daddy-poppy's 藥學跟動物世界

🌊　一般故障

break　損壞、故障 　When a tool or piece of machinery breaks or when you break it, it is damaged and no longer works
The elevator was broken so we had to take the stairs = The elevator was out of order so we had to take the stairs

✔　take the stairs   走樓梯

out of order 　故障
The telephone was out of order but is functional now

out of commission    不能使用 　If something, such as a machine or a military ship, is out of commission it is broken or not available to be used
My watch is out of commission and needs a new one

🌊　食物

go bad = spoil（v）spoilt（adj）      食物壞掉　 When food spoils or is spoiled, it is no longer good enough to eat
My boyfriend and I planned to cook at home but all the vegetable had gone bad so we ate out
I think the soup is spoilt。It tastes funny

rotten    （食物）腐臭、腐敗    If food, wood, or another substance is rotten, it has decayed and can no longer be used
The front bay window is rotten

➢　a rotten apple spoils the barrel 　一顆老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥

turn sour　　食物臭酸（牛奶、湯）
Lisa forgot to put the milk in the refrigerator so it turned sour

stale［steɪl］ 　走味、不新鮮 　no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long
This bag of chips has gone stale。Let’s just throw it away

➢　go stale

moldy　發霉的、有霉味的
Even if you cut away the moldy parts of the bread，eating it can still make you sick

🌊　發霉、有霉味

moldy = mouldy（adj）  　有霉味的
Please take these moldy clothes outside and give them an airing
The old hotel room was damp and smelled really moldy。I had to open all the windows to get some fresh air in

✔　damp　潮濕的（通常指濕冷）

musty = fusty  　有霉味的　 smelling unpleasantly old and slightly wet
There are some musty old books in my father’s study。Nobody has read them in ages
Your room smells a bit fusty。Do you mind opening the window?

➢　musty old books、a musty smell、a musty room

✔　in ages ＝ in a long time　很長的時間、很久時間

🌊　衣物、生活用品

tear ➡ torn 　（衣服、紙張）撕毀  　 If you tear paper, cloth, or another material, or if it tears, you pull it into two pieces or you pull it so that a hole appears in it
Eric didn’t realize that his t-shirt was torn。It was so embarrassing！

➢　（paper、cloth）be torn

burn 　 （燈泡）燒毀
The light bulb burned and suddenly the whole room was in complete darkness

➢　light bulb / fluorescent tube + burned

🌊　電子產品

crash（v）  　電腦當機　  If a computer or system crashes, it suddenly stops operating
My computer crashed in the middle of the video conference and my boss was not happy about it

crash  　應用程式閃退
This schedule app keeps crashing。I cannot use it

skip 　跳針
The record Tom bought in the store kept skipping，so he asked for a return

🌊　交通工具

break down = breakdown 　 車子拋錨、故障 　If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working
Brandon’s car broke down when he was driving on the highway。All he could do was to wait for the tow truck

flat tire /（tire） blow out 　爆胎
My tire blew out on my way to work， so I missed the presentation

➢　have a flat tire

（brake） fail  　剎車失靈