crumbles

英 [ˈkrʌmblz]

美 [ˈkrʌmblz]

v.  (使)破碎，成碎屑; 坍塌; 损坏; 崩裂; (开始渐渐)衰退，衰弱; 崩溃; 瓦解; 消亡
crumble的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)破碎;(使)成碎屑
  If somethingcrumbles, or if youcrumbleit, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
  1. Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments...
     燧石在压力的作用下碎成了小块。
  2. Roughly crumble the cheese into a bowl.
     把干酪大致弄碎，装入一只碗内。
• VERB 坍塌;损坏;崩裂
  If an old building or piece of landis crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Crumble awaymeans the same ascrumble.
     crumble away 同 crumble
  4. 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。
• VERB (体系、关系或希望等)崩溃，瓦解，消亡
  If something such as a system, relationship, or hopecrumbles, it comes to an end.
  1. 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。
  2. The traditional marriage is crumbling fast...
     传统婚姻正迅速消失。
  3. 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。
  4. Crumble awaymeans the same ascrumble.
     crumble away 同 crumble
  5. Opposition more or less crumbled away.
     反对势力差不多都瓦解了。
• VERB 不再抵抗;放弃奋斗;无力应付
  If someonecrumbles, they stop resisting or trying to win, or become unable to cope.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-VAR 酥皮水果甜点
  Acrumbleis a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar.
  1. ...apple crumble.
     酥皮苹果甜点

双语例句

• The wood is so rotten that it crumbles at the touch.
  木头已朽到一碰就碎裂的地步。
• If Kleiner Perkins crumbles because it cannot make a smooth transition to the next generation of partner-leaders, male and female, it will be a terrible waste.
  如果凯鹏华盈因为不能顺利地转交给下一代合伙领导人（无论男女）而衰落，那将是一种可怕的浪费。
• This bread crumbles ever so easily.
  这种面包非常容易碎。
• Suitable for grading pellets and crumbles, and the secondary recycled grinding technology as well as the cleaning and grading treatment of some granular and powdery materials.
  适用于颗粒料，破碎料的分级和二次循环粉碎工艺，以及一些颗粒、粉料的清理和分级处理。
• Happy, the wall crumbles.
  而当你快乐的时候，这道墙便崩塌了。
• And while America squabbles, crumbles and move backwards, China laughs all the way to the bank!
  当美国争吵不休，相互倾扎，倒踏步子时，中国正大笑着奔向银行。
• Take it away and the edifice crumbles.
  没有了竞争，整个大厦都会坍塌。
• This is the moment when the dead weight of inertia crumbles and history steps out again into the arena.
  它意味着这样的时刻，死亡的惯性压迫遭到崩溃和历史重又迅速地进入这个地区。
• Until, one day, something triggers a loss of confidence in the continued rise of prices, and the whole leveraged edifice crumbles.
  直到某一天，某件事情导致人们对价格的不断上升丧失信心，整座由杠杆构建的大厦便轰然倒塌。
• Though I try to hide these, it is clear that my world crumbles when you are not here.
  虽然我试着藏这些，但是它是清楚的，当你不在这里的时候，我的世界崩溃。