crumple
verb /ˈkrʌmpl/
/ˈkrʌmpl/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they crumple | /ˈkrʌmpl/ /ˈkrʌmpl/ |
| he / she / it crumples | /ˈkrʌmplz/ /ˈkrʌmplz/ |
| past simple crumpled | /ˈkrʌmpld/ /ˈkrʌmpld/ |
| past participle crumpled | /ˈkrʌmpld/ /ˈkrʌmpld/ |
| -ing form crumpling | /ˈkrʌmplɪŋ/ /ˈkrʌmplɪŋ/ |
- enlarge image[transitive, intransitive] crumple (something) (up) (into something) to press or crush something into folds; to become pressed, etc. into folds
压皱；（使）变皱，起皱 - She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire.
她把那封信揉成一团扔进了火里。 - This material crumples very easily.
这种布料很容易起皱。
- She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire.
- [intransitive] crumple (up) if your face crumples, you look sad and disappointed, as if you might cry
（脸）沮丧地皱起，哭丧着 - Her face crumpled up and she burst into tears.
她的脸皱了起来，她放声大哭。
- Her face crumpled up and she burst into tears.
- [intransitive] crumple (up) to suddenly fall down with no control of your body because you are injured, unconscious, drunk, etc.
（因受伤、失去知觉、喝醉而）瘫倒 - He crumpled up in agony.
他极度痛苦地瘫倒在地。
- He crumpled up in agony.
词源Middle English: from obsolete crump ‘make ’or‘ become curved’, from Old English crump ‘bent, crooked’, of West Germanic origin; related to German krumm.