crumb

krʌm

雅思GRE Collins 1

n. a very small quantity of something
n. small piece of e.g. bread or cake
v. coat with bread crumbs
v. break into crumbs

n. 碎屑, 面包屑, 少许
vt. 捏碎, 弄碎

Collins 星级

10,006

BNC 频率

7,218

使用频率

crumb 源于古英语 crombe，意为小块或碎片。这个词没有明显的词根词缀，但可以联想到“crumble”（崩溃、碎裂），两者含义相近。

例句

1. She brushed the crumbs off the table after breakfast.

她在早餐后把桌子上的面包屑扫掉了。

2. The cookie crumbled into tiny crumbs when I picked it up.

我拿起饼干时，它碎成了小面包屑。

3. He found a few crumbs in his backpack from the snack he had.

他在背包里找到了几粒零食留下的面包屑。