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单词 crumple
释义

crumplen.

Forms: In 1600s cromple.
Etymology: Compare German krumpel , krümpel in same sense, < krumm , krumb , krump crooked; also crumple v.
1. A crushed fold or wrinkle produced by compression.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [noun] > mark or crease made by pressing
press1601
crumple1607
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease
rimpleeOE
frouncec1374
runklea1400
wrinklea1420
ruge?a1425
crimple1440
wreathc1440
wrimple1499
rumple?a1513
scrumple?a1513
wimple1513
crease1578
bag1587
crinkle1596
pucker1598
press1601
crumple1607
creasing1665
ruck1774
cramp1828
fold1840
ruckle1853
bumfle1867
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. sig. B3v My forehead has more cromples, then the back part of a counsellors gowne.
1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 584 The best method of taking out the creases and crumples..without damaging the drawing or colours.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxi. 149 An ice-fall, on one side of which I found large crumples produced by the pressure.
2. figurative. The act of giving way or collapsing. (Cf. crumple v. 5c.)
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1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica vii. 140 The other's a crumple-up—just surrender. Funk! I'll see it out.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

crumpleadj.

Etymology: < crumple v.
Obsolete.
= crumpled adj.: chiefly in combination, as crumple-horned adj.; crumple-back n. crook-back.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased
rivelledlOE
hirpleda1400
runkleda1400
rimpleda1425
wrimpledc1430
crimpled1440
frumpledc1440
runkle?1440
ruscledc1440
crumple1523
wrinkled?1523
creased1545
pursy1552
shrivelled1565
wrinkly1573
crumpled1577
ruffed1578
scrimpledc1590
wrizzled1590
wimpled1599
rucked1600
puckered1606
cappard1608
wrinkleful1608
plighty1615
yfrouncta1643
puggered1653
caperated1657
wreathed1657
pursed1676
crinkly1750
runkly1772
wrinkling1791
ruckya1825
puckery1830
creasy1858
seamy1874
crinkle1886
kinkled1890
bumfled1943
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular type of horns
upheaded1549
crumple-horned1685
crumpled-horn?a1750
snail-horned1787
snaily1884
scurred1963
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > hump back > person
crouchbackc1491
crook-backa1513
urchin1528
lord1653
crump-backa1661
crump1698
hump1708
humpback1712
hunchback1712
crumple-back1845
bible-back1873
knarl-
1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 1 White brode wollen clothes with crumpil listes.
1685 E. Stillingfleet Origines Britannicæ v. 275 White Crumple-horned Cows.
1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 395 The long-horned, or crumple-horned.
1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. 207 She had shown partiality to the crumple-back, Job.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

crumplev.

/ˈkrʌmp(ə)l/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s cromple, crompyl, crompull.
Etymology: In form, a diminutive and iterative of crump v.1, for the affinities of which see Note to cramp n.1 As Old English y frequently gave later u, crumple might arise merely as a later form of crymple, crimple; but the historical evidence does not favour this. Found first in past participle, which might belong either to an intransitive or transitive verb (compare withered , faded ); see crumpled adj.
1. intransitive. To become incurved or crushed together; to contract and shrivel up; to become creased or wrinkled by being crushed together.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > lose shape or become misshapen [verb (intransitive)] > due to strain or stress
crumple?c1450
collapse1732
set1798
flow1887
yield1900
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > become corrugated [verb (intransitive)] > become wrinkled
rivelOE
snurpc1300
runklea1425
crumple?c1450
wrinkle1528
purse1597
pucker1598
crinklea1600
crimple1600
rumple1622
ruckle1695
ruck1758
crunkle1825
pocket1873
crease1876
full1889
concertina1918
furrow1961
?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 124 Throwyth in ȝowre angeltwatchys, and late hem boylyn ryght weell; and as sone as þei crumpill and dryin, gadir hem owte.
1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. C iij To crompull to gether like parchement cast in the fire.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande ii. f. 4v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I It [sc. aqua vitæ] kepeth and preserueth..the veynes from crumpling.
1633 T. James Strange Voy. 63 The snow..crumples and so runnes vpon it selfe, that in a few houres it will be fiue or sixe foote thicke.
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel vi. 193 Hence it is that men crumple so in persecution.
1855 A. Trollope Warden vi. 93 How..the muslin fluttered and crumpled before Eleanor and another nymph were duly seated at the piano.
2. transitive. To crook, bend together, contort; in modern use, esp. by crushing.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)] > distort
wresta1000
writheOE
miswrencha1393
wrya1586
divert1609
crumple1615
rumple1636
contort1705
screwa1711
distort1751
twist1769
shevel1777
gnarl1814
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 268 He sitteth in the wombe crumpled, contracted or bent round.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Honest Mans Fortune ii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Vuuuu/2 He would have crumpled, curled, and struck himselfe Out of the shape of man.
1630 J. Taylor Trav. in Wks. iii. 82/1 The fellow was hanged, who being not choaked..did stirre his legges, and writhe and crumple his body.
1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life vi. 86 The effect..is to crumple the strata and force up certain areas in great contorted masses.
3. To crush into irregular creases; to ruffle.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease > crumple
scrumplec1600
crumple1632
rafflec1728
wobble1854
cringle1880
crush1893
1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry iv. sig. H3v Plague on him, how he has crumpled our bands.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶2 Sir Roger..exposing his Palm..they crumpled it into all Shapes, and diligently scanned every Wrinkle.
1825 tr. De Genlis' Mem. I. 175 He..crumpled my gowns, and even tore them.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. xii. 104 Don't crumple that scarf, Jane.
4. To wrinkle the smooth surface of; to corrugate, to crinkle.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease
frounce1390
frumple1398
crunklec1400
plighta1425
crinklec1430
crimple1440
rimple1440
rivel1543
wrinkle1543
crease1588
shrivel1609
befrumple1611
frowze1611
wrimple1611
pucker1616
furl1689
ruck1706
runkle1720
crink1821
furrow1853
crumple1858
ruckle1866
bumfle1911
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly July 237/2 I could see her..crumpling the water before her, weather-beaten, barnacled.
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) ix. §445 The Sunbeam has power to wrinkle and crumple the surface of the sea by alternate expansion and contraction of its waters.
5.
a. To crush (together) in an irregularly folded state.
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1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 479 Huddled up, and as it were crouded and crumpled together.
1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. xii. 307 She crumpled the cheque in her hand, and walked to the door.
b. to crumple up: to shrivel up by compression; to crush together in a contracted or compressed state. Also figurative (usually passive).
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > fail or collapse (of institution, etc.)
to fall downc1175
to crumple up1577
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > compress or constrict > into irregular folds
to crumple up1577
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 185 The little Worme, or Grubbe..lyeth crumpled vp in the Coame.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. v. sig. Cv Are thy moyst entrals crumpled vp with griefe Of parching mischiefs?
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 34 Our Rose of Jericho..though crumpled and furdled up, yet, if infused in Water, will swell and display its parts.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. x. 182 He saw Drysdale crumple up the notes in his hand.
1865 G. Meredith Let. 11 Aug. (1970) I. 315 I fear that you are crumpled up with this accursed dyspepsia.
1916 A. Huxley Let. May (1969) 100 The only time they tried to do anything strong..they were absolutely crumpled up.
c. intransitive (for reflexive). Also, to give way, collapse.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > shortness in time [verb (intransitive)] > shorten
shortc1000
shorten1569
crumple1858
1858 Sat. Rev. 6 90/2 Years crumple up into nothing, or extend to vast duration.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 17 May 2/2 It may be well that the Spanish defeat should not be too immediately overwhelming. It may help to keep Spain stable internally if she does not ‘crumple up’ at once.
6. Applied to the action and accompanying sound of crushing under foot things moderately brittle; said also intransitive of the things so crushed. Cf. crump v.2
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > crackle
brastlec1000
rashetOE
spranklea1387
sprinklea1398
graislea1522
crash1563
crackle?1570
crick-crackle1608
decrepitate1677
crump1789
happer1825
crumple1837
crickle1849
crick-crack1850
crepitate1853
the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > make weak [verb (transitive)] > make brittle > make crisp > crush crisp substance
crump1789
crisp1824
crumple1837
scranch1845
crunch1849
1837 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 7 Oct. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) iii. 156 Fallen leaves and acorns lying beneath; the footsteps crumple them in walking.
1861 N. A. Woods Prince of Wales in Canada & U.S. 63 The dry, sultry ashes of the forest crumple under your feet.
7. figurative. To deprive of strength and energy.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak
fellOE
wastec1230
faintc1386
endull1395
resolvea1398
afaintc1400
defeat?c1400
dissolvec1400
weakc1400
craze1476
feeblish1477
debilite1483
overfeeble1495
plucka1529
to bring low1530
debilitate1541
acraze1549
decaya1554
infirma1555
weaken1569
effeeble1571
enervate1572
enfeeble1576
slay1578
to pull downa1586
prosternate1593
shake1594
to lay along1598
unsinew1598
languefy1607
enerve1613
pulla1616
dispirit1647
imbecilitate1647
unstring1700
to run down1733
sap1755
reduce1767
prostrate1780
shatter1785
undermine1812
imbecile1829
disinvigorate1844
devitalize1849
wreck1850
atrophy1865
crumple1892
1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 47 For the sickness gets in as the liquor dies out, An' it crumples the young British soldier.

Draft additions September 2006

crumple zone n. a part of a motor vehicle (esp. at the front or rear) which is designed to protect passengers in a collision by undergoing controlled compression and absorbing some of the energy of the impact.
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1966 Sunday Times 14 Aug. 6/8 The most effective way of controlling initial deceleration would be to build a ‘crumple box’ on the front of the car.]
1971 Times 26 May 3/3 (advt.) A rigid passenger compartment with crumple zones front and rear.
2001 A. Sayle Dog Catcher 98 He walked away without a mark on him, the German car's crumple zones having crumpled and all its airbags dangling like big used condoms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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