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語源

From earlier crymble, crimble, from 中期英語 *crymblen, kremelen, from 古期英語 *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of 古期英語 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.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkɹʌmbəl/, [ˈkɹʌmbɪ̈l], [ˈkɹʌmbl̩]
• 韻: -ʌmbəl
• ハイフネーション: crum‧ble

動詞

crumble (third-person singular simple present crumbles, present participle crumbling, simple past and past participle crumbled)

1. (intransitive, often figurative) To fall apart; to disintegrate.

   Coordinate term: crumple

   The bread roll crumbled when I tried to slice it; it was too stale.

   The empire crumbled when the ruler's indiscretions came to light.

   • 1978, Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren, “I Will Survive”, in Love Tracks, performed by Gloria Gaynor:

     Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye? / Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die?

   • 2012 April 4, Sam Anderson, “Just One More Game ...”, in The New York Times Magazine‎:

     In 1989, as communism was beginning to crumble across Eastern Europe, just a few months before protesters started pecking away at the Berlin Wall, the Japanese game-making giant Nintendo reached across the world to unleash upon America its own version of freedom.

2. (transitive) To break into crumbs.

   We crumbled some bread into the water.

3. (transitive) To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.

   Coordinate term: fold

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

派生語

名詞

crumble (countable and uncountable, plural crumbles)

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

   Synonyms: crisp, crunch

   blackberry and apple crumble

派生語

• fumble

関連する語

• crumb cake

Further reading

• crumble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Clumber