crumble

verb

/ˈkrʌmbl/

Verb Forms

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/

jump to other results

[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。
[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。
Topics Buildingsc2
[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。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2

Word Originlate 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

noun

/ˈkrʌmbl/

(British English)

(North American English crisp

/krɪsp/

)

[uncountable, countable]

jump to other results