英语词汇“to fall in on itself”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Of a roof, wall, building, etc.: to collapse inwards; to cave in. In later use sometimes more fully to fall in on itself. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.See also the roof falls in at roof n. Phrases 7. With quot. 1992 cf. the sky is falling at sky n.¹ Phrases 2.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > fall in pieces or ruins

to-fallc893

fallOE

to fall downc1175

tumblea1400

sinka1450

ruin1531

to fall in1611

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > collapse > inwards

to sink in1530

to fall in1611

to cave in1707

to run in1747

cave1848

1611 R. Peake tr. S. Serlio 3rd Bk. Archit. f. 72^v For that by meanes of the widenesse of the middlemost part, the roofe should not fall in, therefore the two Pilasters were left in the middle.

1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2265 By a new Earth-quake the Top or Turret of Mount Ætna..fell in.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 93 Thinking that the Top of my Cave was falling in.

1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 212 We expected..the roof and walls of our prison to fall in upon us, and crush us to pieces.

1829 H. H. Milman Hist. Jews III. xvi. 46 During the night, the wall suddenly fell in with a terrific noise.

1888 Building 25 Aug. 58/2 The entire tower fell in on itself.

1890 C. B. Pitman tr. A. Boscowitz Earthquakes 211 The houses which had only partially fallen in continued to collapse.

1923 P. Guedalla Masters & Men i. 44 A man pulled a Browning pistol on an Archduke, and Europe fell in on itself.

1953 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xix. 280 If the wall should in fact fall in, conking me on the head with great slabs of plaster, [etc.].

1992 Daily Tel. 24 July 3/1 Women feel as though their world has fallen apart or the sky has fallen in.

2009 Irish Times 4 Aug. 5/4 The detached bungalow..was completely gutted by the flames and the roof had fallen in.

单词	to fall in on itself
释义	> as lemmas to fall in on itself b. Of a roof, wall, building, etc.: to collapse inwards; to cave in. In later use sometimes more fully to fall in on itself. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.See also the roof falls in at roof n. Phrases 7. With quot. 1992 cf. the sky is falling at sky n.¹ Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > fall in pieces or ruins to-fallc893 fallOE to fall downc1175 tumblea1400 sinka1450 ruin1531 to fall in1611 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > collapse > inwards to sink in1530 to fall in1611 to cave in1707 to run in1747 cave1848 1611 R. Peake tr. S. Serlio 3rd Bk. Archit. f. 72^v For that by meanes of the widenesse of the middlemost part, the roofe should not fall in, therefore the two Pilasters were left in the middle. 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2265 By a new Earth-quake the Top or Turret of Mount Ætna..fell in. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 93 Thinking that the Top of my Cave was falling in. 1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 212 We expected..the roof and walls of our prison to fall in upon us, and crush us to pieces. 1829 H. H. Milman Hist. Jews III. xvi. 46 During the night, the wall suddenly fell in with a terrific noise. 1888 Building 25 Aug. 58/2 The entire tower fell in on itself. 1890 C. B. Pitman tr. A. Boscowitz Earthquakes 211 The houses which had only partially fallen in continued to collapse. 1923 P. Guedalla Masters & Men i. 44 A man pulled a Browning pistol on an Archduke, and Europe fell in on itself. 1953 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xix. 280 If the wall should in fact fall in, conking me on the head with great slabs of plaster, [etc.]. 1992 Daily Tel. 24 July 3/1 Women feel as though their world has fallen apart or the sky has fallen in. 2009 Irish Times 4 Aug. 5/4 The detached bungalow..was completely gutted by the flames and the roof had fallen in. extracted from fallv. < as lemmas
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