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crumble + noun
及物用法，表示将某物弄碎。
She crumbled the cookie into pieces.
她把饼干捏成碎片。
碎裂；瓦解；坍塌
crumbled — past of crumble
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
碎裂；瓦解；坍塌
To fall apart or disintegrate into small pieces.
She crumbled the cookie into pieces.
她把饼干捏成碎片。
崩溃；瓦解
To fall apart; to disintegrate.
弄成碎屑
To break into crumbs.
搓成面包屑状
To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.
crumble
Base
原形
crumbles
3rd person
第三人称单数
crumbling
-ing
现在分词
crumbled
Past
过去式
crumbled
Past participle
过去分词
The cookie crumbles easily.
这块饼干很容易碎。
The wall crumbled after the earthquake.
地震后墙崩塌了。
The old building is crumbling.
那座旧建筑正在倒塌。
The old cookies began to crumble when I picked them up.
我拿起旧饼干时，它们开始碎裂。
The ancient walls have crumbled after centuries of neglect.
经过几个世纪的忽视，古老的城墙已经倒塌。
His confidence crumbles under pressure.
在压力下，他的信心崩溃了。
及物用法，表示将某物弄碎。
She crumbled the cookie into pieces.
她把饼干捏成碎片。
不及物用法，表示破碎或瓦解成某状态。
The ancient wall crumbled into dust.
古老的城墙碎裂成粉末。
表示逐渐瓦解或消亡。
The empire slowly crumbled away over centuries.
帝国在几个世纪中逐渐衰落。
Not this
The old wall crumbled the storm.
Use this
The old wall crumbled in the storm.
错误将不及物动词'crumble'当作及物动词使用，在中文母语影响下直接翻译为“墙崩溃了风暴”。正确形式是添加介词'in'表示“在风暴中崩溃”，或改用及物用法'The storm crumbled the old wall.'。
Not this
He crumbled the paper into a ball.
Use this
He crumpled the paper into a ball.
混淆了'crumble'（粉碎）和'crumple'（弄皱）。'crumble'指物体碎裂成小块，而'crumple'指压皱纸张等柔软物品。此处应使用'crumple'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
逐渐崩塌
The ancient wall had crumbled away over the centuries.
古老的围墙经过几个世纪已经逐渐崩塌了。
碎成（碎片）
The cookie crumbled into tiny pieces in my hand.
饼干在我手里碎成了小块。
在压力下崩溃
The company crumbled under the financial pressure.
公司在财务压力下崩溃了。
化为尘土
The old documents had crumbled to dust with age.
旧文件因年代久远已化为尘土。
用手指捏碎
She crumbled the bread with her fingers for the stuffing.
她用手指把面包捏碎做馅料。
在口中酥脆易碎
The pastry crumbles in the mouth, releasing a buttery flavor.
这种糕点入口即碎，释放出黄油香味。
在压力下崩溃
Many students crumble under the pressure of exams.
许多学生在考试压力下崩溃。
化为尘土
Ancient ruins eventually crumble to dust.
古老的废墟最终化为尘土。
像纸牌屋一样倒塌
His argument crumbled like a house of cards when new evidence emerged.
当新证据出现时，他的论点像纸牌屋一样倒塌了。
事情就是这样，没办法。
When I lost the game, my friend said, 'That's the way the cookie crumbles.'
当我输了比赛，我的朋友说：‘事情就是这样，没办法。’
Use crumbled naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
饼干一捏就碎成屑，发音似“垮了不”，喻崩溃瓦解。
用于描述事物逐渐崩溃或瓦解的过程，通常指系统、制度、关系或建筑等，带有渐进和不可避免的意味。常用于文学或正式语境中。
The following words all rhyme with each other: rumble, tumble, humble, stumble, fumble, grumble. They share the /ʌmbl/ ending. However, lookalikes like 'double' and 'trouble' are pronounced /ʌbl/ (without the /m/).
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