collapse

/kəˈlæps/

意味: 崩壊、倒壊

例文: June witnessed the dramatic collapse of a cookie tower.
　　  ジューンがクッキーの塔の劇的崩壊を目撃。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: building collapse(建物の崩壊), collapse under pressure(圧力で崩壊する), economic collapse(経済崩壊)

定義: 何かが突然壊れたり、崩れたりすることを指します。例えば、建物が崩れ落ちることや、体が疲れて倒れることを表します。また、計画やシステムがうまくいかなくなり、機能しなくなることも意味します。

collapseは約70,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
Noun: a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
Noun: the act of throwing yourself down
Noun: a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
Verb: break down, literally or metaphorically
Verb: collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
Verb: fold or close up
Verb: fall apart
Verb: cause to burst
Verb: suffer a nervous breakdown
Verb: lose significance, effectiveness, or value

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The old building began to collapse under the weight of time.(古い建物は時の重みに耐えきれず崩れ始めた。)
I watched in shock as the tower started to collapse.(私は塔が崩れ始めるのを衝撃を持って見ていた。)
Due to inadequate support, the structure was destined to collapse eventually.(不十分な支えのため、その構造は結局崩れる運命だった。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the commander’s prostration demoralized his men
Noun: the roof is in danger of collapse
Noun: the collapse of the old star under its own gravity
Noun: he landed on the bed with a great flop
Verb: The wall collapsed
Verb: The business collapsed
Verb: The dam broke
Verb: The roof collapsed
Verb: The wall gave in
Verb: The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
Verb: fold up your umbrella
Verb: collapse the music stand
Verb: the building crumbled after the explosion
Verb: Negotiations broke down
Verb: The ice broke the pipe
Verb: The school system is collapsing
Verb: The stock market collapsed

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): break, break down, break up, burst, cave in, collapse, crack, crack up, crash, crock up, crumble, crumple, fall in, flop, founder, give, give way, prostration, tumble

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, change integrity, descent, fold, happening, illness, suffer, weaken

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accident, accompaniment, acetylate, adjust, ague, alkalinize, americanize, amyloidosis, anuresis, appearance, ascend, assibilate, assimilate, assume, attenuate, avalanche, barbarize, beginning, blend, blur, boil, boom, break, break down, break into, break up, brutalize, burn, calcify, capacitate, carbonate, case, caseate, catastrophic illness, catch, catch on, change, change by reversal, change integrity, change magnitude, change posture, change shape, change state, change surface, clinker, collapse, come, come in, come round, commute, complexify, concretize, condense, condition, conjugate, contact, convergence, convert, cook, cool, corrugate, crack, crack up, cramp, crash, crash dive, creolize, crimp, cross, crumble, crystallize, cure, damage, darken, dawn, deaden, decalcify, decarboxylate, decay, decompression sickness, decrepitate, deepen, defervesce, democratize, demulsify, deoxidize, desalinate, destabilize, destiny, develop, die, die down, digest, dim, disappearance, discharge, discolor, disease, disintegrate, dissimilate, dissolve, distill, dive, divide, dress, drift, drop, dry, dull, ending, episode, error, evaporate, eventuality, experience, explode, fade, fail, failure, fall, fall for, felt, feminize, finish, fire, flash, flip, flocculate, flop, fly, fold, food poisoning, form, format, foul, freshen, furrow, gasify, gel, gelatinize, give way, glaze, go out, gradate, grow, growth, gum, harden, have, hush, hydrate, hydrolyze, hypermotility, ice up, incandesce, incident, indisposition, indurate, industrialize, interruption, introject, ionize, isomerize, jellify, jump, juncture, keratinize, lead poisoning, leave, liberalize, lighten, liquefy, loosen, make, mature, mellow, melt, miracle, modernize, modify, mold, move, movement, mutate, narrow, news event, normalize, obsolesce, occult, one-off, opacify, outbreak, outburst, oxidise, oxidize, ozone sickness, pall, pass, pasteurize, periodic event, pine away, plasticize, play out, pleat, polymerize, prim, professionalize, promote, purify, rappel, recede, receive, recombine, reflate, reform, regenerate, regress, rejuvenate, relax, reorient, repress, resume, reticulate, reverse, rise, roll, ruffle, salinate, saponify, separate, sequester, settle, shade, shallow, shear, shift, slacken, slow, smoothen, soften, solarize, solidify, sound, spot, stabilize, stagnate, steepen, stiffen, stratify, strengthen, sublime, subside, suburbanize, success, suffuse, superannuate, supervention, swing, swoop, synthesize, thicken, thing, tighten, toxemia of pregnancy, transaminate, transform, transpire, treat, trouble, tuck, turn, turn on, ulcerate, undergo, undulate, union, vascularize, vesiculate, vitrify, vulcanize, warm, warm up, wilt, wonder, wrinkle

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): algidity, break, breakdown, buckle, cave in, concertina, debacle, deflate, drop like flies, fall over, flop, heatstroke, implode, implosion, pop, shock, slump

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: breakdown, cave in, collapse, collapsible, crack-up, crash, flop, floppy

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: medical

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): co

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: disgust, fear, negative, sadness