collapse

英 [kə'læps] 美 [kə'læps]

• v. （使）倒塌；（使）崩溃；（使）瓦解；折叠
• n. 倒塌；崩溃；暴跌

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. & vt. (使)倒塌,塌陷

   make to fall down or in; come or break to pieces suddenly

2. vi. & vt. (使)崩溃

   (cause to) fail suddenly and completely; break down

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 倒塌，垮掉，塌下，坍塌下来
2. 折叠（起来），摺叠（起来）
3. 崩溃，瓦解
4. 暴跌
5. 突然失败，失败
6. 萎陷
7. 累倒，虚脱
8. 使瘪掉，使萎陷
9. 使倒坍，使坍塌，使陷缩
10. 使崩溃，使瓦解
11. （使）衰弱，（使）衰退，使衰退，使衰萎
12. 消沉，颓丧
13. 压扁，压缩，压塌 ，压坏
14. 毁坏，毁掉
15. 坐下，躺下放松
16. 降价，贬值，套缩

n. 名词

1. 倒塌，垮掉，塌陷 ，坍塌，坍毁
2. 崩溃，崩塌
3. 暴跌
4. 萎陷
5. 突然失败
6. 【医】虚脱
7. 衰竭，衰弱
8. 断裂
9. 溃败，战败
10. 解体
11. 破坏
12. 大厦倾圮

英英释义

Noun:

1. an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion;

   "the commander's prostration demoralized his men"
   

2. a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in;

   "the roof is in danger of collapse"
   "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"
   

3. the act of throwing yourself down;

   "he landed on the bed with a great flop"
   

4. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

Verb:

1. break down, literally or metaphorically;

   "The wall collapsed"
   "The business collapsed"
   "The dam broke"
   "The roof collapsed"
   "The wall gave in"
   "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
   

2. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

3. fold or close up;

   "fold up your umbrella"
   "collapse the music stand"
   

4. fall apart;

   "the building crumbled after the explosion"
   "Negotiations broke down"
   

5. cause to burst;

   "The ice broke the pipe"
   

6. suffer a nervous breakdown

7. lose significance, effectiveness, or value;

   "The school system is collapsing"
   "The stock market collapsed"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The roof collapsed under the weight of snow.
   房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
2. If you work too hard,your health may collapse.
   如果你工作太累的话，你可能病倒。
3. The enterprise collapsed through lack of support.
   该企业因无力支持而倒闭。
4. He collapsed the wheelchair and put it on the boat.
   他将轮椅折叠起来放在船上。

用作名词 (n.)

1. A flood caused the collapse of the bridge.
   洪水使桥倒塌了。
2. The stock market was on the brink of collapse.
   股市已到崩盘的边缘。
3. The market collapse was caused by weakness of the dollar.
   市场价格暴跌是由于美元疲弱引起的。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. If you cut the ropes of a tent, it will collapse.
   如果你割断帐篷的绳索,它就会倒塌。
2. It's raining hard; the dike is going to collapse.
   雨下得很大,这堤要垮了。
3. The earthquake caused many buildings to collapse.
   地震使许多建筑物倒塌了。
4. If you work too hard, your health may collapse.
   如果你劳累过度,就会病倒的。
5. He felt as if his whole world had collapsed when his children were killed in a car crash.
   他的几个孩子在车祸中丧生后,他感觉自己的一切都完了。
6. Our plans will collapse unless we get more help.
   除非我们能得到更多的帮助,否则我们的计划将会失败。
7. The enemy's defence line collapsed completely.
   敌人的防线彻底地崩溃了。
8. If the plant's rules and regulations collapsed, production would get into a mess.
   如果厂里的规章制度失效了,生产就要陷入混乱。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The explosion collapsed several buildings.
   那次爆炸震塌了几座房屋。
2. The weight of the snow collapsed the roof.
   积雪压垮了屋顶。
3. He collapsed the tent and put it into his car.
   他把帐篷收起来放进车里。

经典引文

• The operation might induce an immediate collapse.

  出自： A. J. Cronin

• The marshal..waits in collapse on a chair.

  出自： A. Mars

• The entire collapse of his career.

  出自： P. Ackroyd

• The camp bed..collapsed repeatedly.

  出自： E. Waugh

• The side collapsed and half filled the pit with earth.

  出自： I. F. Elis

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

collapse from (v.+prep.)

由于…而垮掉,晕倒 collapse for sth
collapse from v-ing/sth
The fireman collapsed from inhaling too much smoke.

这个消防队员由于吸入过量的烟而晕倒了。
The poor girl collapsed from tiredness.

可怜的小女孩由于疲劳而晕倒了。

collapse under (v.+prep.)

被…所压塌 be collapsed
collapse sth under sth
The bridge was collapsed under the train.

桥被火车压塌了。
The roof was collapsed under the weight of the snow.

屋顶被积雪压塌了。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• collapse bridge 压塌桥梁
• collapse building 建筑物倒塌
• collapse heart 使心理崩溃
• collapse house 压塌房屋
• collapse railway 使铁轨塌陷
• collapse roof 压塌屋顶

～+副词

• collapse completely 完全倒塌
• collapse entirely 彻底崩溃
• collapse invariably 永远倒塌
• collapse utterly 完全倒塌

～+介词

• collapse for 折叠
• collapse from 由于…而倒塌
• collapse under 被…压塌

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. collapse的基本意思是指建筑物等因受外力作用而倒塌,用于抽象事物则指“崩溃”。多用作不及物动词,用作及物动词时意思是“使…倒塌〔崩溃〕”,接名词或代词作宾语。
2. collapse常接from，表示“由于…而倒塌〔崩溃〕”。

词义辨析

collapse，fall

• 这两个动词都含有“倒塌”之意。
• collapse通常指房屋等突然倒塌。
• fall一般指由于失去平衡等原因而倒塌，也可作引申用。

词源解说

• ☆ 1732年进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的collapsus（collabi的过去分词）：com （一起） + labi （滑倒），意为一起落下。

近反义词

【近义词】

• fail 失败
• failure 失败
• breakdown 崩溃
• crack-up (飞机等)撞碎...
• crash 撞击
• topple 使倒塌
• break down 分解；发生故障；失败；毁...
• break 打碎
• down 向下
• flop 啪嗒啪嗒地动...
• cave in 下陷
• fall 落下
• give way 撤退
• ruin 毁灭
• downfall 垮台
• illness 病
• attack 攻击
• crisis 危机
• fall down 跌倒
• languish 衰弱无力
• exhaustion 疲惫
• deflate 放气
• loss 遗失
• fold 包
• disassemble 解开
• fold up 失败
• put away 收拾
• founder 创立者
• prostration 平伏
• crumple （使)起皱
• crock up 衰竭
• break up 结束，散会
• crumble 崩溃
• give 给
• fall in 塌陷
• crack 破裂
• tumble 暴跌
• burst 爆发
• crack up 撞毁(赞扬