crumble

verb

1. （使）破碎，成碎屑
   to break or break sth into very small pieces
   1. Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble.
      这种糕饼用米粉做不那么容易碎。
   2. Crumble the cheese over the salad.
      把干酪弄成碎屑洒在色拉上。
2. 坍塌；损坏；崩裂
   if a building or piece of land is crumbling , parts of it are breaking off
   1. buildings crumbling into dust
      渐渐坍塌的建筑物
   2. crumbling stonework
      不断破裂的石材建筑
   3. The cliff is gradually crumbling away.
      峭壁正在逐渐崩坍。
3. （开始渐渐）衰退，衰弱；崩溃；瓦解；消亡
   to begin to fail or get weaker or to come to an end
   1. a crumbling business/relationship
      逐渐衰败的企业；日益恶化的关系
   2. All his hopes began to crumble away.
      他所有的希望开始化为泡影。
   3. The empire finally crumbled into dust.
      这个帝国最终崩溃了。

noun

1. 酥皮水果甜点
   a dessert (= a sweet dish) made from fruit that is covered with a rough mixture of flour, butter and sugar, cooked in the oven and usually served hot
   1. apple crumble and custard
      酥皮苹果甜点心加蛋奶沙司

1. V-ERG (使)破碎;(使)成碎屑
   If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
   1. Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments...
      燧石在压力的作用下碎成了小块。
   2. Roughly crumble the cheese into a bowl.
      把干酪大致弄碎，装入一只碗内。
2. VERB 坍塌;损坏;崩裂
   If an old building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off.
   1. 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。
   2. 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. Crumble away means the same as crumble .
      crumble away 同 crumble
   4. Britain's coastline stretches 4000 kilometres and much of it is crumbling away.
      英国的海岸线绵延4,000公里，其中大部分正在逐渐沉陷。
3. VERB (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.
   1. 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。
   2. The traditional marriage is crumbling fast...
      传统婚姻正迅速消失。
   3. It only takes a minute for the football hopes of an entire country to crumble.
      就在一分钟之内，全国民众的足球梦想就化为了泡影。
   4. Crumble away means the same as crumble .
      crumble away 同 crumble
   5. Opposition more or less crumbled away.
      反对势力差不多都瓦解了。
4. VERB 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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. N-VAR 酥皮水果甜点
   A crumble is a baked pudding made from fruit covered with a mixture of flour, butter, and sugar.
   1. ...apple crumble.
      酥皮苹果甜点

1. Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments
   燧石在压力的作用下碎成了小块。
2. Roughly crumble the cheese into a bowl.
   把干酪大致弄碎，装入一只碗内。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. The traditional marriage is crumbling fast
   传统婚姻正迅速消失。
7. It only takes a minute for the football hopes of an entire country to crumble.
   就在一分钟之内，全国民众的足球梦想就化为了泡影。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. Only when his 14-year-old son witnesses him being thrown out of the hospital does he finally crumble.
    当他14岁的儿子目睹他被赶出医院时，他彻底崩溃了。
12. Or will we crumble to dust, and, forgotten, become one with the desert?
    或者，我们会化为乌有，而且，被人遗忘，变成沙漠的一部份。
13. Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
    颜色会褪、庙宇会倒、帝国会垮，可明智的话却不朽。
14. Love can crumble all the bricks of this building with just this single leaf.
    爱可以只用这一张树叶，就击碎这整幢楼的坚冰。
15. And then I'll start to crumble.
    随后我精神就会开始崩溃。
16. I have touched a complete Book in the tomb of an Antediluvian, and watched it crumble to dust.
    我有精神失常的一完全的书在坟墓中一大洪水前的，和看它崩溃到灰尘。
17. The cliffs on which the houses are built are starting to crumble.
    这些上面盖有房屋的悬崖渐渐开始崩塌了。
18. As I crumble this earth, I get smaller and smaller pieces.
    当我把泥土弄碎时，我获得了越来越小的土粒。
19. 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。
20. He ruined my blueberry crumble.
    他毁了我的蓝莓面包屑。
21. Eventually, Microsoft will crumble because of complacency, and maybe some new things will grow.
    最终，微软会因为其自满而崩溃，而可能会有一些新东西成长起来。
22. The earth warms-you can smell it, feel it, crumble April in your hands.
    大地也暖和起来了&你可以闻到四月的气息，感觉到它那股馨香，把它捧在手中赏玩。
23. Come! You shall crumble before me.
    来吧，在我面前你会死无全尸的。
24. I savor the gentle, quiet terror of reading cuneiform tablets that threaten to crumble at my very presence.
    我这个味道温和者，安静阅读的恐怖楔形的威胁在我的最出现崩溃的平板。
25. We've seen what can happen when assumptions of reference rates crumble.
    我们已经看到，如果参考回报率假设崩溃，会发生什么。
26. Well, this is because if I don't play a certain amount of games I will crumble apart.
    这就是因为我如果没有玩一定时间的游戏，我会崩溃的。
27. When you stop to love a person, his memory will completely by you crumble away.
    当你停止爱一个人的时候，他的记忆就完全被你粉碎掉了。
28. When the walls of the house started to crumble, she got out.
    屋墙开始倒塌时，她逃了出来。
29. Even these hard parts may crumble to dust.
    甚至这些坚硬的部分也会破碎成粉末。

  collapse crumble fall sink【导航词义：倒塌，倒下】

  collapse v. 倒塌，坍塌

〔辨析〕通常指房屋等倒塌，强调突然性。

  crumble v. 崩塌，坍塌

〔辨析〕尤指由石头或岩石构成的建筑物或土地崩塌或崩裂。

  fall v. 倒下，倒塌

〔辨析〕通常指因失去平衡等而倒塌或跌倒。

  sink v. 倒下

〔辨析〕尤指人因过于劳累、体弱等而倒下或坐下。

v.

that's the way the cookie crumbles

• 情况就是这样；没有别的办法
  that is the situation and we cannot change it, so we must accept it

verb

1. fall into decay or ruin
   1. The unoccupied house started to decay

   Synonym:    decaydilapidate

2. break or fall apart into fragments
   1. The cookies crumbled
   2. The Sphinx is crumbling

   Synonym:    fall apart

3. fall apart
   1. the building crumbled after the explosion
   2. Negotiations broke down

   Synonym:    crumpletumblebreak downcollapse