crumble
verb /ˈkrʌmbl/
/ˈkrʌmbl/
动词形式
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they crumble | /ˈkrʌmbl/ /ˈkrʌmbl/ |
| he / she / it crumbles | /ˈkrʌmblz/ /ˈkrʌmblz/ |
| past simple crumbled | /ˈkrʌmbld/ /ˈkrʌmbld/ |
| past participle crumbled | /ˈkrʌmbld/ /ˈkrʌmbld/ |
| -ing form crumbling | /ˈkrʌmblɪŋ/ /ˈkrʌmblɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to break or break something into very small pieces
（使）破碎，成碎屑 - Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble.
这种糕饼用米粉做不那么容易碎。 - crumble something Crumble the cheese over the salad.
把干酪弄成碎屑洒在色拉上。 - She crumbled the dry earth into fine powdery dust.
她将干土磨成细粉末。
- Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble.
- [intransitive] if a building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it are breaking off
坍塌；损坏；崩裂 - buildings crumbling into dust
渐渐坍塌的建筑物 - crumbling stonework
不断破裂的石制建筑 - The cliff is gradually crumbling away.
峭壁正在逐渐崩坍。 - They live in a crumbling old mansion.
他们住在一栋摇摇欲坠的老房子里。
- buildings crumbling into dust
- [intransitive] to begin to fail or get weaker or to come to an end
（开始渐渐）衰退，衰弱；崩溃；瓦解；消亡 - a crumbling business/relationship
逐渐衰败的企业；日益恶化的关系 - crumble away All his hopes began to crumble away.
他所有的希望开始化为泡影。 - crumble into/to something The empire finally crumbled into dust.
这个帝国最终崩溃了。
- a crumbling business/relationship
词源late Middle English: probably from an Old English word related to crumb.
Idioms
that’s the way the cookie crumbles
- (informal) that is the situation and we cannot change it, so we must accept it
情况就是这样；没有别的办法