| 词汇 | crumble |
| 释义 | crumble verb uk /ˈkrʌm.bəl/ us /ˈkrʌm.bəl/ C2[ I or T ] to break, or cause something to break, into small pieces: （使）粉碎；（使）成碎屑 She nervously crumbled the bread between her fingers.她紧张地在指间捻着面包。 The cliffs on which the houses are built are starting to crumble.上面建有房屋的悬崖开始倾颓瓦解。 [ I ] to become weaker in strength or influence: 衰减；减弱 Support for the government is crumbling.对政府的支持日渐减少。 Tearing and breaking into pieces apart asunder bobble bobbly break into pieces chip crack dismantle fall apart fall to piecesidiom fragment fragmentation fragmented rip snag splinter split sunder tear something apart tear something up You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making less strong crumble noun[ C or U ] UKuk /ˈkrʌm.bəl/ us /ˈkrʌm.bəl/(UScrisp) a sweet dish made from fruit covered in a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar rubbed together into small pieces, baked, and eaten hot: 酥皮水果甜点心 apple crumble酥皮苹果甜点 AnnaPustynnikova/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Puddings, desserts & ices baked Alaska baklava banana split bananas Foster banoffee pie croquembouche dessert dulce de leche dumpling entremets lolly mochi mousseline Neapolitan ice cream Nesselrode sorbet soufflé spotted dick spumoni summer pudding crumble | American Dictionarycrumble verb[ I/T ] us/ˈkrʌm·bəl/ to break into small pieces: [ I ]That old wall is starting to crumble. Examples of crumblecrumble If the edifice of retirement is crumbling, then surely the point at which a ' worker ' is cast aside is open to negotiation ? Boundaries of containment were crumbling all around it. Rather, corporatist institutions in this period could be considered to be a supplement or a reinforcement of crumbling liberal institutions. The remaining soil was gently crumbled through a sieve with 4 mm openings. He crumbles to dust because he has never been a substantial external threat at all. See the beautiful blues of the sea ice as it crumbled. When the regime crumbled during 1956 as a result of splits within the party and chronic lack of legitimacy and support among the population, these complaints shaped local political demands. However, when state capacity to suppress the potential for conflict crumbled, interethnic conflicts resurfaced at an unprecedented scale with devastating results, both in terms of human life and physical costs. In this particular context, many scholars note that authoritarianism is probably bad for growth because it prevents the public from evicting corrupt politicians even when the national economy is crumbling. Since then the old social basis has largely crumbled away, and it has not always been possible to make up for the lost votes from other sources. In this paranoid world, in which women were often selected as scapegoats for the crumbling social order, such 'powerful' constructions could also serve to justify patriarchal backlash. The outer surfaces of the columns have crumbled badly and are being repaired at a cost of £131. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The movement of people, ideas, goods, the end of certain great totalitarian empires, the crumbling of walls and iron curtains represent real progress overall. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Schools and clinics had crumbled, roads were impassable. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The £1.3 billion to repair crumbling classrooms will do a lot to help teachers' morale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of crumble These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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