crumble英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar. countable,uncountable

— blackberry and apple crumble

动词 v.

To fall apart; to disintegrate. figuratively,intransitive,often

— The bread roll crumbled when I tried to slice it; it was too stale.
To break into crumbs. transitive

— We crumbled some bread into the water.
To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs. transitive

— Using your fingers, crumble the ingredients with the fingertips, lifting in an upward motion, until the mixture is sandy and resembles large breadcrumbs.

词形变化

crumbles present,singular,third-person crumbling participle,present crumbled participle,past crumbled past crimble alternative crumbles plural crimble alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

crumblable crumblement crumbler crumblesome crumble up crumblingly crumblingness crumbling skull rule that's the way the cookie crumbles

词源

词源 1

From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.

词源 2

From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.