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Crumble   [V Crumbling Made D Verb 动词 Building

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]
  • Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments...

    燧石在压力的作用下碎成了小块。

  • Roughly crumble the cheese into a bowl.

    把干酪大致弄碎,装入一只碗内。

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]
  • The high and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling...

    20世纪60年代建造的高低不一的公寓楼群正在逐渐破损坍塌。

  • The cliffs were estimated to be crumbling into the sea at the rate of 10ft an hour.

    预计那处悬崖会以每小时10英尺的速度坍塌坠入大海。

  • Crumble away means the same as crumble .crumble away 同 crumble
    • Britain's coastline stretches 4000 kilometres and much of it is crumbling away.

      英国的海岸线绵延4,000公里,其中大部分正在逐渐沉陷。

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]
  • Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions...

    在联合国制裁的重压之下,他们的经济崩溃了。

  • The traditional marriage is crumbling fast...

    传统婚姻正迅速消失。

  • It only takes a minute for the football hopes of an entire country to crumble.

    就在一分钟之内,全国民众的足球梦想就化为了泡影。

  • Crumble away means the same as crumble .crumble away 同 crumble
    • Opposition more or less crumbled away.

      反对势力差不多都瓦解了。

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]
  • Brighton have too many experienced players to crumble just because we are in town...

    布赖顿队有很多经验丰富的队员,他们不会因为我们在城里就丧失斗志。

  • He is a skilled and ruthless leader who isn't likely to crumble under pressure.

    他是个经验丰富、冷酷无情的领导,不会被压力击垮。

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[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]
  • ...apple crumble.

    酥皮苹果甜点

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