crumb

noun

/krʌm/

a very small piece of food, especially of bread or cake, that has fallen off a larger piece食物碎屑；（尤指）面包屑，糕饼屑
- She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater.她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。
- He didn't even leave any crumbs on his plate.他的盘子里连一点儿渣都没有剩。
- I swept away the crumbs.我把碎屑清扫掉了。
- She brushed the cake crumbs off the table.她把蛋糕屑从桌子上拂去。
- a few crumbs of bread一些面包屑
Topics Foodc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- biscuit
- bread
- cake
- …
verb + crumb
- brush
- sweep
- wipe
- …
preposition
- crumb of
a small piece or amount一点；少许；少量
- I managed to pick up a few crumbs of useful information.我设法收集了一些有用的信息。
- The government's only crumb of comfort is that their opponents are as confused as they are.政府唯一聊以自慰的是反对派与他们一样困惑不解。
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词源Old English cruma, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruim and German Krume. The final -b was added in the 16th cent., perhaps from crumble but also influenced by words such as dumb, where the original final -b is retained although no longer pronounced.

词汇	crumb
释义	crumb noun /krʌm/ /krʌm/ a very small piece of food, especially of bread or cake, that has fallen off a larger piece食物碎屑；（尤指）面包屑，糕饼屑 She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater.她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。 He didn't even leave any crumbs on his plate.他的盘子里连一点儿渣都没有剩。 I swept away the crumbs.我把碎屑清扫掉了。 She brushed the cake crumbs off the table.她把蛋糕屑从桌子上拂去。 a few crumbs of bread一些面包屑 Topics Foodc1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective biscuit bread cake … verb + crumb brush sweep wipe … preposition crumb of a small piece or amount一点；少许；少量 I managed to pick up a few crumbs of useful information.我设法收集了一些有用的信息。 The government's only crumb of comfort is that their opponents are as confused as they are.政府唯一聊以自慰的是反对派与他们一样困惑不解。 More Like This Silent lettersSilent letters gnarled gnash gnat gnaw gnome haute cuisine heir herb honour hors d’oeuvre hour knack knee kneel knife knight knit knob knock knot know knuckle psalm psephology psychic ptarmigan pterodactyl psychology wrangle wrap wreath wreck wrench wrestle wriggle wring write wrong bomb climb crumb doubt lamb limb ascent fascinate muscle scene scissors height right sleigh weight align campaign design foreign malign reign unfeigned balmy calm calf half yolk autumn column condemn damn hymn solemn bristle fasten listen mortgage soften thistle wrestle biscuit build circuit disguise guilty league rogue vague yacht answer sword two 词源Old English cruma, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruim and German Krume. The final -b was added in the 16th cent., perhaps from crumble but also influenced by words such as dumb, where the original final -b is retained although no longer pronounced.
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