crumble

英 ['krʌmbl] 美 ['krʌmbl]

• v. 崩溃；弄碎；破灭

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (把…)弄碎,(使)碎成细屑

   (cause to) break into very small pieces

2. vi. 衰落,崩溃

   weaken; decay; become ruined

英英释义

Verb:

1. fall apart;

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

2. break or fall apart into fragments;

   "The cookies crumbled"
   "The Sphinx is crumbling"
   

3. fall into decay or ruin;

   "The unoccupied house started to decay"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The masonry of the old building began to crumble.
   旧楼房的砖石结构开始崩落。
2. The earthquake made the wall sink and start to crumble.
   这次地震把这堵墙震得下陷并开始崩塌。
3. He crumbled the bread in his fingers.
   他用手指把面包捏碎了。
4. Even these hard parts may crumble to dust.
   甚至这些坚硬的部分也会破碎成粉末。
5. His dearest hopes crumbled to nothing.
   他最大的希成了泡影。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. This cake crumbles too easily.
   这种蛋糕太容易碎了。
2. Our hopes crumbled when the business went bankrupt.
   商行破产了,我们的希望也破灭了。
3. Opposition to the new law soon crumbled.
   反对新法律的势力很快就瓦解了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He crumbled the bread in his fingers.
   他用手指把面包捻碎。

经典引文

• Marbles with their deepest inscriptions crumble away.

  出自： Evelyn

• The termites live on the Joshua tree,..crumbling the fortress from within.

  出自： D. C. Peattie

• My father did not crumble at my mother's death.

  出自： G. Swift

词汇搭配

• crumble structure 屑粒状结构
• crumble to dust 垮掉
• crumble away 逐渐碎裂,逐渐瓦解...

近反义词

【近义词】

• disintegrate 瓦解
• grind 磨
• deteriorate 恶化
• decay (使)衰退
• fall apart 崩溃
• collapse （使）倒塌
• smash 打碎
• beat 打
• crush 压碎
• powder 粉末
• pound 磅
• dissolve 使溶解
• decompose 分解，拆分，拆解...
• fall down 跌倒
• pulverize 磨成粉
• mash 麦芽浆
• cave in 下陷
• rot 腐烂
• rust 铁锈
• addle 使腐坏
• up 向上
• break up 结束，散会
• break 打碎
• mold 模式
• tumble 暴跌
• crumple （使)起皱
• dilapidate (使)荒废
• break down 分解；发生故障；失败；毁...