crumple

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

crumples

1.
A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

crumples

V_ing/Gerund

crumpling

V_ed/pp

crumpled

1.
(transitive)To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
He crumpled the note and threw it away.
2.
(transitive)To cause to collapse.
He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post.
3.
(intransitive)To become wrinkled.
The car's body panels crumpled when they hit the post.
4.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To collapse; to surrender.
The team's defensive strategy crumpled.
The defenders crumpled owing to exhaustion and dehydration.
Đồng nghĩa: buckle, cave, cave in, fold

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

buckle cavecave infoldcave#Verbcave in#Verb

Cùng gốc / liên quan

crumplercrumplyrecrumpleuncrumplecrumple upcrumpet

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Nguồn gốc từ

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