break-in

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of entering a place with the intent to steal or commit some other offense; an instance of breaking and entering.
    — There was a break-in at the shop; everything was taken.
  2. A novelty record where a question is asked or a comment is raised, and the replies are lyrics from other songs, sampled from the recordings. attributive,often
    — Described by Ken Simpson as a ... novelty record where ‘snippets of current hits’ are inserted into ‘a little melodrama almost set up as a newscast’ (Simpson 2016), the first example of a break-in record that I am aware of is ... The Flying Saucer.

词形变化

break-ins plural break-ins plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English break indeverb.
English break-in
Deverbal from break in.
词源 2
Coined by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman to describe their then-new song The Flying Saucer, referring to how material from one song would break into their song.
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