1. 分发；散发
If you give out a number of things, you distribute them among a group of people.
2. 公开，宣布（消息等）
If you give out information, you make it known to people.
3. （设备或身体部位）停止运转，停止运行
If a piece of equipment or part of the body gives out, it stops working.
4. 发出(尖叫、叹息等）
If you give out something such as a scream or a sigh, you sigh, scream, or make some other sound.
5. - see give off
1. stop operating or functioning
e.g. The engine finally went
The car died on the road
The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
The coffee maker broke
The engine failed on the way to town
her eyesight went after the accident
Synonym: failgo badgive waydieconk outgobreakbreak down
2. prove insufficient
e.g. The water supply for the town failed after a long drought
3. give to several people
e.g. The teacher handed out the exams
Synonym: distributehand outpass out
4. give off, send forth, or discharge
as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
e.g. The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits