crumble

verb

1. fall into decay or ruin

e.g. The unoccupied house started to decay

Synonym: decaydilapidate

2. break or fall apart into fragments

e.g. The cookies crumbled
The Sphinx is crumbling

Synonym: fall apart

3. fall apart

e.g. the building crumbled after the explosion
Negotiations broke down

Synonym: crumpletumblebreak downcollapse

1. (使)破碎;(使)成碎屑
If something crumbles, or if you crumble 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. Roughly crumble 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 land is 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 hope crumbles, 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 someone crumbles, they stop resisting or trying to win, or become unable to cope.

e.g. 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。
e.g. He is a skilled and ruthless leader who isn't 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。

5. 酥皮水果甜点
A crumble is a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar.

e.g. ...apple crumble.
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