🌊 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 breadeating 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 skippingso 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

 

 

 

 

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