| 释义 | crumbling
 crum·bleC0776200 (krŭm′bəl)v. crum·bled, crum·bling, crum·bles v.tr. To break into small fragments or pieces: I crumbled the cheese into the salad.v.intr.1.  To fall into small fragments or pieces; disintegrate: The ancient castle had crumbled to ruins.2.  To give way; collapse: an ego that crumbles under pressure.n.1.  A baked dessert of fruit topped with a crumbly pastry mixture: cherry crumble.2.  The crumbly mixture on top of such a dessert.[Alteration (influenced by crumb) of Middle English cremelen, from Old English *crymelen, frequentative of gecrymmian, to break into crumbs, from cruma, crumb.]Thesaurus
 crumblingadjective disintegrating, collapsing, deteriorating, decaying, eroding, decomposing, mouldering the building's leaking roofs, broken windows, and crumbling stoneworkTranslationsIdiomsSeecrumblecrumbling
 Synonyms for crumblingadj disintegratingSynonymsdisintegratingcollapsingdeterioratingdecayingerodingdecomposingmouldering
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