| 英语单词 | crumble |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['krʌmbl] 美 ['krʌmbl] |
| 中文释义 | v.崩溃;弄碎;破灭 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The masonry of the old building began to crumble. (2) The earthquake made the wall sink and start to crumble. (3) He crumbled the bread in his fingers. (4) Even these hard parts may crumble to dust. (5) His dearest hopes crumbled to nothing. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 旧楼房的砖石结构开始崩落。 (2) 这次地震把这堵墙震得下陷并开始崩塌。 (3) 他用手指把面包捏碎了。 (4) 甚至这些坚硬的部分也会破碎成粉末。 (5) 他最大的希成了泡影。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To crumble is to come apart into tiny pieces. If the doughnuts you bring to work crumble before you get there, you co-workers will have nothing but crumbs to snack on. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Baked goods seem to crumble easily, but other things tend to crumble too: old houses, over time; sand castles; fragile ruins; and art objects made from clay. Anything that falls apart, especially into small bits, can be said to crumble. The root of the word is the Old English gecrymman, "to break into crumbs," which in turn comes from cruma, "crumb or fragment." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)破碎;(使)成碎屑 If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces. [V] [V n]
2 [VERB 动词]坍塌;损坏;崩裂 If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off. [V] [V prep/adv] [V P]
3 [VERB 动词](体系、关系或希望等)崩溃,瓦解,消亡 If something such as a system, relationship, or hope crumbles, it comes to an end. [V]
4 [VERB 动词]不再抵抗;放弃奋斗;无力应付 If someone crumbles, they stop resisting or trying to win, or become unable to cope. [V]
5 [N-VAR 可变名词]酥皮水果甜点 A crumble is a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar. [usu n N] [BRIT 英]
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