crumbling
present participle ofcrumble
| 单词 | crumbling |
| 释义 | crumbling present participle ofcrumble crumble verb uk/ˈkrʌm.bəl/us/ˈkrʌm.bəl/C2[IorT] tobreak, orcausesomething tobreak, intosmallpieces: Shenervouslycrumbled thebreadbetween herfingers. Thecliffson which thehousesarebuiltarestartingto crumble. [I] tobecomeweakerinstrengthorinfluence: Support for thegovernmentis crumbling. Tearing and breaking into pieces
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making less strong Examplesofcrumblingcrumbling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Yet their 'crumbling' of the scriptural text, on which they depended for form and structure, lent a digressive and prolix quality to their sermons. From theCambridge English Corpus The second phase from 1890 to 1930/40 is characterised by the gradualcrumblingof the distinction between the deserving and non-deserving poor. From theCambridge English Corpus She begins the novel in the assumed persona of a young widowed painter who moves into acrumblingpile in an isolated village. From theCambridge English Corpus The powers of thiscrumblingancien régime were the fourth-class postmaster and the stage contractor. From theCambridge English Corpus Casualties were also frequent when boys became stuck in narrow flues or fell fromcrumblingchimney stacks. From theCambridge English Corpus And in 1989, it was only relatively slowly, and late, that the masses entered the political scene, when the regime was visiblycrumblingfrom above. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet, the respondents connected disrespect and the low morality of youth with thecrumblingof the social order. From theCambridge English Corpus Thecrumblingeconomies of the interior forced several million people to emigrate to pampean cities. From theCambridge English Corpus The eroded cathedral and thecrumblingangel can be read as re-statements of this theme. From theCambridge English Corpus The establishment that it defends might becrumbling, but it can still try to take the insurgents down with it. From theCambridge English Corpus Thecrumblingof the atom was to my soul like thecrumblingof the whole world. From theCambridge English Corpus Boundaries of containment werecrumblingall around it. From theCambridge English Corpus This will no longer do: the one-party edifice iscrumblingat the foundations. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather, corporatist institutions in this period could be considered to be a supplement or a reinforcement ofcrumblingliberal institutions. From theCambridge English Corpus It is the sound ofcrumblingmasonry that recalls him from his shallow slumber. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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