crumple

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vt. 弄皱, 压皱 vi. 崩溃, 变皱

发音

US /ˈkɹʌmpəl/

词形变化

crumples 复数 crumples crumpled crumples 三单 crumpling crumpling 现在分词 crumpled 过去式 crumpled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

皱纹；褶皱

动词

起皱；倒坍；一蹶不振

动词

弄皱；使一蹶不振

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cause to collapse.

    及物

    He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post.

  2. 2.

    To become wrinkled.

    不及物

    The car's body panels crumpled when they hit the post.

  3. 3.

    To collapse; to surrender.

    比喻 不及物

    The team's defensive strategy crumpled.

    The defenders crumpled owing to exhaustion and dehydration.

  4. 4.

    To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.

    弄皱

    及物

    He crumpled the note and threw it away.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

collapse buckle crumble knit tumble wrinkle crease pucker rumple break down

上位词 10

give break collapse fold founder crisp wrinkle crease cave-in scrunch

近义相关 1

draw

相关短语

crumple zone （汽车的）防撞缓冲区 crumple up 起皱, 打垮, 使崩溃 crumple zones

词源

From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.

来源：wiktionary