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，糕餅屑 Extra ExamplesTopics Foodc1He didn't even leave any crumbs on his plate. 他的盤子裏連一點兒渣都沒有剩。 I swept away the crumbs. 我把碎屑清掃掉了。 She brushed the cake crumbs off the table. 她把蛋糕屑從桌子上拂去。 a few crumbs of bread 一些面包屑
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a small piece or amount 一點；少許；少量 I managed to pick up a few crumbs of useful information. 我設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對派與他們一樣困惑不解。
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Word OriginOld 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.