firebreak

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.
    — The firefighters used a bulldozer to clear a firebreak in the forest to try to contain the forest fire.
  2. Any separating barrier. figuratively
    — That policy could consist of a statement that the declaring nation would not be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would strengthen the firebreak between the use of conventional and nuclear weapons.

词形变化

firebreaks plural fire break alternative

词汇关系

相关词
fireproof

词源

From fire + break. Compare windbreak and breakwater.
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