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词汇 crumpling
释义 crumpling
present participle ofcrumple
crumple
verb
uk /ˈkrʌm.pəl/ us /ˈkrʌm.pəl/
[ I or T ]
to become, or cause something to become, full of folds that are not equal in size: (使)起皱
This shirt crumples easily这件衬衫很容易起皱。
[ I ]
If someone's face crumples, it becomes full of lines because of a strong emotion: (脸因强烈的感情)起皱纹
Her face crumpled with laughter.她笑得脸上尽是皱纹。
[ I ]
If someone crumples, they fall to the ground suddenly: 倒下;瘫倒
The bullet hit him and he crumpled into a heap on the floor.他中了弹,瘫倒在地上蜷作一团。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to go down onto the ground suddenly
fallShe slipped and fell.
dropSeveral apples dropped from the tree.
collapseSeveral buildings collapsed in the earthquake.
crumpleHe fainted and crumpled into a heap on the floor.
tumbleA huge rock tumbled down the mountain.
plungeFour of the mountaineers plunged to their deaths when their ropes broke.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making things more or less smooth or straight
bunch
bunch (something) up
coarsen
coarsening
creased
crinkle
fold
folding
furl
grooming
interfold
isolator
pucker
rumple
sand
sandpaper
screw
sleek
sleek back/down
wrinkle

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Laughing and smiling
Weeping and crying
Falling and dropping

Phrasal verb


crumple something up

Examples of crumpling


crumpling

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The scene ends with a close-up of his face, crumpling slowly with fatigue and sadness.
Another noteworthy feature, this time of a mechanical nature, of such shells is that they offer no resistance to crumpling when they are deflated.
The anger and frustration strategy references expressing frustration by swearing, slamming things down, crumpling up paper, and losing temper for a moment.
In a collision the crumpling of a vehicle's bodywork absorbs some of the force of the impact.
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Activated by crumpling the crystals together, it is applied to the wounded area.
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Tons of machinery crashed down through crumpling floors, dragging trapped, screaming victims along in their downward path.
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People may imagine their own name called, crumpling bags, white noise, or a doorbell ringing.
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Longer gloves were worn rather loosely during this period, crumpling below the elbow.
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A crumpled globule forms through local regions crumpling, i.e. collapsing in on themselves and this iteratively occurring over the whole polymer.
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Young chicks, when threatened, disgorge food and feign death by crumpling to the nest floor.
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Ones he doesn't like are followed by a loud crumpling noise, as if the message is being crumpled and thrown in the garbage.
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On the way she trips and falls over, crumpling the piece of paper.
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The realistic sound of bacon frying is the crumpling of cellophane.
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The filling of a geosyncline with tons of sediment is accompanied in the late stages of deposition by folding, crumpling, and faulting of the deposits.
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The more gores there are, the less stretching and crumpling is required to make the paper map fit the sphere.
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