英语词汇“crumble”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

crumblecrumble /ˈkrʌmbəl/ ●○○ verb

ETYMOLOGYcrumble¹

Origin: Old English gecrymian, from cruma; ➔ CRUMB

VERB TABLE

crumble

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	crumble
	he, she, it	crumbles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	crumbled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have crumbled
	he, she, it	has crumbled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had crumbled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will crumble
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have crumbled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am crumbling
	he, she, it	is crumbling
	you, we, they	are crumbling
Past	I, he, she, it	was crumbling
	you, we, they	were crumbling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been crumbling
	he, she, it	has been crumbling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been crumbling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be crumbling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been crumbling

1[intransitive, transitive] to break apart into little pieces, or make something do this: Crumble the cheese and set aside. The leaves crumbled in my fingers.2[intransitive] if something made of rock or stone is crumbling, small pieces are breaking off it SYN crumble away: Rangoon’s old buildings are crumbling from neglect.3[intransitive] to lose power, become weak, or fail: They are worried that American society is crumbling.