crumble
英['krʌmbl] 美['krʌmbl]
"the building crumbled after the explosion"
"Negotiations broke down"
"The cookies crumbled"
"The Sphinx is crumbling"
"The unoccupied house started to decay"
1.(使)破碎;(使)成碎屑
If somethingcrumbles, or if youcrumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
e.g. Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments...
燧石在压力的作用下碎成了小块。
e.g. Roughlycrumble the cheese into a bowl.
把干酪大致弄碎，装入一只碗内。
2.坍塌;损坏;崩裂
If an old building or piece of landis crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off.
crumble
e.g. The high and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling...
20世纪60年代建造的高低不一的公寓楼群正在逐渐破损坍塌。
e.g. The cliffs were estimated to be crumbling into the sea at the rate of 10ft an hour.
预计那处悬崖会以每小时10英尺的速度坍塌坠入大海。
3.(体系、关系或希望等)崩溃，瓦解，消亡
If something such as a system, relationship, or hopecrumbles, it comes to an end.
e.g. Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions...
在联合国制裁的重压之下，他们的经济崩溃了。
e.g. The traditional marriage is crumbling fast...
传统婚姻正迅速消失。
4.不再抵抗;放弃奋斗;无力应付
If someonecrumbles, they stop resisting or trying to win, or become unable to cope.
e.g. Brighton have too many experienced players tocrumble just because we are in town...
布赖顿队有很多经验丰富的队员，他们不会因为我们在城里就丧失斗志。
e.g. He is a skilled and ruthless leader who isn't likely tocrumble under pressure.
他是个经验丰富、冷酷无情的领导，不会被压力击垮。
5.酥皮水果甜点
Acrumble is a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar.
e.g. ...applecrumble.
酥皮苹果甜点
相关词组：crumble away
1. 粉碎：crucible 坩埚 |crumble 粉碎 | d-block d区
2. crumble
2. 弄碎：crumble to dust 垮掉 |crumble 弄碎 | crumblings 碎片
3. 崩溃,瓦解,灭亡：cross fire交叉火力 |crumble崩溃,瓦解,灭亡 | D Day大规模进攻开始日
4. 崩坏：F25 罪恶颈瓶 LABORATORY | F26 崩坏crumble | F27 赎罪的山羊 SCAPEGOAT
The masonry of the old building began to crumble.
旧楼房的砖石结构开始崩落。
The earthquake made the wall sink and start to crumble.
这次地震把这堵墙震得下陷并开始崩塌。
He crumbled the bread in his fingers.
他用手指把面包捏碎了。
Even these hard parts may crumble to dust.
甚至这些坚硬的部分也会破碎成粉末。
His dearest hopes crumbled to nothing.
他最大的希成了泡影。
Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble.
这种糕饼用米粉做不那么容易碎。
crumble the cheese over the salad.
把干酪弄成碎屑洒在色拉上。
buildings crumbling into dust
渐渐坍塌的建筑物
crumbling stonework
不断破裂的石材建筑
The cliff is gradually crumbling away.
峭壁正在逐渐崩坍。
a crumbling business/relationship
逐渐衰败的企业；日益恶化的关系
All his hopes began to crumble away.
他所有的希望开始化为泡影。
The empire finally crumbled into dust.
这个帝国最终崩溃了。
apple crumble and custard
酥皮苹果甜点心加蛋奶沙司
The traditional marriage is crumbling fast...
传统婚姻正迅速消失。
Brighton have too many experienced players to crumble just because we are in town...
布赖顿队有很多经验丰富的队员，他们不会因为我们在城里就丧失斗志。
He is a skilled and ruthless leader who isn likely to crumble under pressure.
他是个经验丰富、冷酷无情的领导，不会被压力击垮。
...apple crumble.
酥皮苹果甜点
Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions...
在联合国制裁的重压之下，他们的经济崩溃了。
The cliffs were estimated to be crumbling into the sea at the rate of 10ft an hour.
预计那处悬崖会以每小时10英尺的速度坍塌坠入大海。
The high and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling...
20世纪60年代建造的高低不一的公寓楼群正在逐渐破损坍塌。
Roughly crumble the cheese into a bowl.
把干酪大致弄碎，装入一只碗内。
Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments...
燧石在压力的作用下碎成了小块。
Predictably, it will split and fall apart by and by, though it may not crumble instantly.
它虽不至于立即瓦解, 但分崩离析的窘境, 恐怕是难以避免的.
If you miss this vital step then all of your marketing efforts will crumble around you.
如果错过这个重要一步都那么贵促销会崩溃在你身旁.
Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble , my will will remain firm.
纵然海枯石烂, 意志永不动摇.
And the walls of doubt , crumble tost and torn.
人们之间互相猜疑之墙, 倒塌了.
To pass the water test the catalyst should not disintegrate or crumble.
经过泡水试验,催化剂应不开裂或破碎.
Marbles with their deepest inscriptions crumble away.
出自：EvelynThe termites live on the Joshua tree,..crumbling the fortress from within.
出自：D. C. PeattieMy father did not crumble at my mother's death.
出自：G. Swift