crumb

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread). countable,uncountable
    — The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground.
  2. A small piece of any other solid substance. countable,uncountable
    — Then erase any pencil lines with a good, soft eraser, rubbing gently, in only one direction. A dustbrush can be useful in removing any eraser crumbs.
  3. A bit, small amount. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — a crumb of comfort
  4. Ellipsis of crumb rubber. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — Production of rubber granules, or crumb, is well-established in this country.
  5. The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust. countable,uncountable
    — Dust unto dust, what must be, must; / If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust.
  6. A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate. countable,uncountable
  7. A nobody; a worthless person. countable,slang,uncountable
    — All Dad can think of is a gift certificate from the Melody Inn? And my crumb of a boyfriend doesn't even show up? This is a birthday?
  8. A body louse (Pediculus humanus). countable,slang,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To cover with crumbs. transitive
  2. To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble. transitive
    — to crumb bread

词形变化

crumbs plural crimb alternative,dialectal crum alternative,obsolete crumbs present,singular,third-person crumbing participle,present crumbed participle,past crumbed past crimb alternative,dialectal crum alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
breadcrumb bread crumb by crumbs cakecrumb cake crumbs crumbable crumb cake crumbcloth crumb-cruncher crumb cruncher crumb-crusher crumb crusher crumber crumb grinder crumble crumbless crumblet crumblike crumb rubber crumb snatcher crumbum crumby crummy decrumb eat and leave no crumbs leave no crumbs pick up one's crumbs toastcrumb crumb down crumb up crumbed
相关词
crumble crumpet crumbum crumple

词源

词源 1
From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *krūmô (“fragment, crumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *grū-mo- (“something scraped together, lumber, junk; to claw, scratch”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist, wind”). The b is unetymological, as in limb, appearing in the mid-15th century to match crumble and words like dumb, numb, thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish inkråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin grūmus (“a little heap”).
词源 2
From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *krūmô (“fragment, crumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *grū-mo- (“something scraped together, lumber, junk; to claw, scratch”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist, wind”). The b is unetymological, as in limb, appearing in the mid-15th century to match crumble and words like dumb, numb, thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish inkråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin grūmus (“a little heap”).
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