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

• 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。
• 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。
• Pinter restored theater to its basic elements: an enclosed space and unpredictable dialogue, where people are at the mercy of each other and pretense crumbles.
  他使戏剧回归到了最基本的元素：一个封闭的空间，无法预测的对话，谈话中人们要受对方的控制，所有的矫饰都土崩瓦解。
• This bread crumbles ever so easily.
  这种面包非常容易碎。
• The surprising decision comes as the 40-year-old pricing system for iron ore, based on annual prices and lengthy negotiations, crumbles.
  这一出人意料的决定出炉之际，正值运行40年之久的铁矿石定价体系（通过漫长的谈判达成年度合约价）分崩离析。
• But when the job creators buckle, the whole edifice crumbles, and so much that we take for granted disappears.
  然而，当这些就业机会创造者倒下的时候，整个国家都陷于崩溃，我们视为理所当然的诸多事情也都不复存在了。
• 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？
• I'm sorry you'll have to work on Saturday mornings this month, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. There's no other way of organizing things.
  对不起，这个月的每周六上午你得工作，因为无法可想。没有其他安排工作的方法。
• The wood is so rotten that it crumbles at the touch.
  木头已朽到一碰就碎裂的地步。
• 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。