breakout

noun
🔊/ˈbreɪkaʊt/
🔊/ˈbreɪkaʊt/
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  1. an escape from prison, usually by a group of prisoners(常指集体的)越狱
    • a mass breakout from a top security prison从防守高度严密的监狱的集体越狱
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBreakout is used before these nouns:
    • hit
    • session
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breakout

adjective
🔊/ˈbreɪkaʊt/
🔊/ˈbreɪkaʊt/
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  1. (North American English, informal) suddenly extremely popular and successful; establishing somebody’s reputation一炮走红的;扬名的
    • a breakout hit/movie一炮走红的唱片/电影
    Topics Successc2
  2. taking place separately from the main meeting with a smaller number of people分组会议的
    • a breakout session before the plenary(全体会议前的)分组会议
    • a breakout group on ethical issues讨论道德问题的小组
    • Here are some notes from the breakout session I attended.以下是我参加的分组讨论的一些笔记。
    Topics Working lifec2