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crumbling

/kruhm-buhl/US // ˈkrʌm bəl //UK // (ˈkrʌmbəl) //

摇摇欲坠,摇摇欲坠的,崩溃的,崩坏的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    crum·bled, crum·bling.

    • : to break into small fragments or crumbs.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    crum·bled, crum·bling.

    • : to fall into small pieces; break or part into small fragments.
    • : to decay or disintegrate gradually: The ancient walls had crumbled.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a crumbly or crumbled substance.
    • : crumbles, bits of crisp bacon, bread, etc., added to other foods, especially as a topping.
    • : British Dialect. crumb; particle; fragment.

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Examples

  • Along the river, crumbling remnants of an active trading hub are overtaken by nature.

  • Next, the GOP should hammer away at how our roads, bridges, and tunnels are crumbling, and push for an infrastructure initiative.

  • For anyone who cared to watch, the event and its denouement provided a graphic demonstration that the Iron Curtain was crumbling.

  • Particularly with Legolas and the scene where he climbs up a crumbling tower.

  • In a bedroom at the top of crumbling stairs, a bed was made up with a comforter.

  • Beyond the village, on a rise of ground, was the church, its square gray tower crumbling down upon its ancient graves.

  • In this way they passed beyond the deserted and crumbling village and gained the high-road that led homewards through the forest.

  • The few who escaped our swords are penned up in the Residency, and its walls are now crumbling before our guns.

  • The site of the castle is occupied by the railway station, though a few crumbling walls of the former structure still remain.

  • In all cases there is a stairway, often long and steep, crumbling with time and worn with the feet of pious generations.