crumple

Word family adjectivecrumpledcrumplynouncrumplingverbcrumple

crum·ple /ˈkrʌmpəl/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also crumple up)SQUASH to crush something so that it becomes smaller and bent, or to be crushed in this way （使）皱；扭曲

Dan tore the page out, crumpled it, and threw it in the wastepaper basket.

丹把这一页撕下来揉成一团，扔进了废纸篓。

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2. [intransitiveI]DISAPPOINTED if your face crumples, you suddenly look sad or disappointed, as if you might cry 〔脸〕皱起来〔似乎要哭〕

3 [intransitiveI]FALL if your body crumples, you fall down in an uncontrolled way 〔身体不由自主地〕倒下

crumple to

The blow hit him on the head and he crumpled to the ground.

这一击打中他的头部，他瘫倒在地上。

Examples from the Corpus

crumple• The rickety wood splintered under the impact and Jack crumpled, blood welling from a gash on his forehead.• Mitchell crumpled both and pitched them into the wastebasket.• He crumpled his shirt into a ball and threw it into the laundry basket.• As the bullet tore through his leg, he crumpled to the ground.• He crumpled to the ice with a shattered fourth cervical vertebra, his body paralyzed from the neck down.• The whole front of the car crumpled upon impact with the wall.

Origin crumple

(1300-1400) crump “to curl up” ((14-19 centuries)), from crump, crumb “bent” ((11-18 centuries)), from Old English

词汇	crumple
释义	crumple Word family adjectivecrumpledcrumplynouncrumplingverbcrumple crum·ple /ˈkrʌmpəl/ verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also crumple up)SQUASH to crush something so that it becomes smaller and bent, or to be crushed in this way （使）皱；扭曲 Dan tore the page out, crumpled it, and threw it in the wastepaper basket. 丹把这一页撕下来揉成一团，扔进了废纸篓。 →4 See picture of 见图 FOLD 2. [intransitiveI]DISAPPOINTED if your face crumples, you suddenly look sad or disappointed, as if you might cry 〔脸〕皱起来〔似乎要哭〕 3 [intransitiveI]FALL if your body crumples, you fall down in an uncontrolled way 〔身体不由自主地〕倒下 crumple to The blow hit him on the head and he crumpled to the ground. 这一击打中他的头部，他瘫倒在地上。 Examples from the Corpus crumple• The rickety wood splintered under the impact and Jack crumpled, blood welling from a gash on his forehead.• Mitchell crumpled both and pitched them into the wastebasket.• He crumpled his shirt into a ball and threw it into the laundry basket.• As the bullet tore through his leg, he crumpled to the ground.• He crumpled to the ice with a shattered fourth cervical vertebra, his body paralyzed from the neck down.• The whole front of the car crumpled upon impact with the wall. Origin crumple (1300-1400) crump “to curl up” ((14-19 centuries)), from crump, crumb “bent” ((11-18 centuries)), from Old English
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