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

• After a century, it's still standing, but its bricks have begun to drop and break as, little by little, its lime mortar, exposed to temperature swings, crumbles and powders.
  一个世纪之后，它还依旧耸立，但砖块早就开始剥落，一点一点地裂开；石灰砂浆也是如此，温差变化使其碎裂为粉末。
• Black night, Dark sky,( Engage the pressure until it crumbles)
  黑色的夜，黑色的天。
• And it is not just the wealthy and famous who are looking to safeguard their assets when a marriage crumbles.
  而且在婚姻破裂时才寻求保护自己的财产的并非只有富人和名人。
• 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。
• Decrease number of times server crumbles under load?
  是否降低服务器在高负载下的故障发生几率？
• Clongriffin is one of a number of north Dublin developments involved in legal cases over buildings contaminated with pyrite, a mineral that crumbles as it oxidises.
  Clongriffin是众多存在法律纠纷的北都柏林开发项目之一，原因是该项目的楼盘受到了黄铁矿一种氧化后会变成碎屑的物质的严重污染。
• And when death appears, it pales and withers and crumbles into dust.
  等到死亡出现的时候，它就苍白枯萎，碎成尘土了。
• Disown all that, and the edifice crumbles.
  如果放弃了这些，社会体系就会动摇。
• Happy, the wall crumbles.
  而当你快乐的时候，这道墙便崩塌了。
• Take it away and the edifice crumbles.
  没有了竞争，整个大厦都会坍塌。