a piece of equipment that makes a vehicle go more slowly or stop

刹车，制动器，车闸:

Test your brakes after driving through water.

在水里开过之后要验验刹车。

Moira slammed on the brakes (=use them suddenly and with a lot of force) .

莫伊拉猛踩刹车。

I managed to put on the brakes just in time.

我最终及时刹车。

a car equipped with anti-lock brakes

配备防抱死刹车装置的汽车

the screech of brakes (=the loud unpleasant noise they can make)

刹车吱吱嘎嘎的声音

act as a brake on sth, to make something develop more slowly, be more difficult to do, or happen less

对某事物起抑制作用，遏制某事物:

Rises in interest rates act as a brake on expenditure.

加息对消费起抑制作用。

put the brakes on sth, to stop something that is happening

阻止某事物

to make a vehicle or bicycle go more slowly or stop by using its brake

刹车〔使减速或停住〕:

He braked sharply to avoid the dog.

他突然急刹车，想避开那条狗。