crumple

'krʌmpl

托福雅思GRE Collins 1

v fall apart
v fold or collapse
v to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
v become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

vt. 弄皱, 压皱
vi. 崩溃, 变皱

Collins 星级

12,727

BNC 频率

11,820

使用频率

crumple 没有明显的词根词缀，但可以看作由 crum 与 ple 组合而成，crum 可能联想到“破碎”或“折叠”的意思。

例句

1. She crumpled the paper and threw it in the trash.

她把纸揉成一团，扔进了垃圾桶。

2. The shirt was crumpled after being in the suitcase for a week.

这件衬衫在箱子里放了一周后变得皱巴巴的。

3. He tried to smooth out the crumpled page before reading it.

他试图在阅读之前把皱巴巴的页面弄平。