| 词汇 | crumbled |
| 释义 | crumbled past simple and past participle ofcrumble 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 disintegration dismantle fall to piecesidiom fragment fragmentation rip shred snag snap splinter split sunder tear something apart You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making less strong Examples of crumbledcrumbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Samples from the same plot were stored in the same paper bag, and were then crumbled and mechanically homogenized in plastic mixing trays. The reaction to the chief executive's attack exposed the extent to which the initial solidarity among journalists had already crumbled. With the new historical evidence that the first industrial nation had predominantly nuclear families long before industrialization, the old interpretation crumbled. After 5 months, the soil in the cells was regularly crumbled in order to enhance emergence during the following 3 months. It was estimated at 90 feet high and some of it turned completely upside down and crumbled into pack ice. So crumbled a tightly interlocking system of elite education. The remaining soil was gently crumbled through a sieve with 4 mm openings. See the beautiful blues of the sea ice as it crumbled. The old certainties have crumbled and it is important that we make space for different approaches and previously ignored aspects of the subject. 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. For those of us who have inherited a cohort of 'crumbled' cushingoid patients on long-term steroids, more evidence is required before prednisolone again becomes standard practice. 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. Civil society crumbled under the weight of rampant delinquency, political violence, and despair.#! Schools and clinics had crumbled, roads were impassable. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 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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