breaking news

IPA/ˌbreɪkɪŋ ˈnjuːz/
IPA/ˌbreɪkɪŋ ˈnuːz/

breaking news — 名詞

1. reports about an important event that has only just taken place, which a TV chan

1.名詞B1
釋義

即時新聞

剛發生且立即播報的重大事件報導

reports about an important event that has only just taken place, which a TV channel, website, or radio station shares with the public right away

例句

The football match stopped for breaking news about a fire near the stadium.

球賽中斷，插播一則關於體育場附近火災的即時新聞。

breaking news about + noun

Kenji turned up the radio when the breaking news interrupted his favourite song.

當快訊打斷了他最愛的歌曲時，Kenji 把收音機音量轉大。

breaking news interrupting regular programming

同義詞
  • newsflash

    a single short report interrupting a programme; more countable than 'breaking news'

  • bulletin

    a brief official news update, often on a fixed schedule rather than sudden

反義詞
  • old news

    information everyone already knows; no longer fresh or surprising

文法句型

breaking news about + noun

breaking news that + clause

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable and used with no article or with 'the' when pointing to one specific story. Frequently appears as an on-screen label or headline tag rather than in everyday conversation.

常見錯誤

❌I heard a breaking news this morning.
✅I heard some breaking news this morning.
💡'breaking news' is uncountable, so it takes no 'a'.