crumble

/ˈkrʌm.bəl/

意味: 砕ける、崩れる

例文: Aki watched her cookie crumble—slowly, dramatically.
　　  アキはクッキーがゆっくり劇的に崩れるのを見ていた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: crumble cake(クランブルケーキ), crumble topping(クランブルトッピング), crumble under pressure(プレッシャーに負ける)

定義: 砕ける、崩れる、または細かくなることを意味します。例えば、クッキーやパンが手で簡単に崩れるときに使います。また、建物や構造物が壊れて崩れることも指します。物理的なものだけでなく、計画や関係が崩れることも表現できます。

crumbleは約500,000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)

Verb: fall apart
Verb: break or fall apart into fragments
Verb: fall into decay or ruin

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The old building began to crumble under the weight of history.(古い建物は歴史の重みで崩れ始めた。)
I dropped the cookie, and it started to crumble everywhere!(クッキーを落としてしまい、あちこちで崩れ始めた！)
The fragile peace began to crumble amid rising tensions and disputes.(高まる緊張と争いの中で、脆い平和が崩れ始めた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: the building crumbled after the explosion
Verb: Negotiations broke down
Verb: The cookies crumbled
Verb: The Sphinx is crumbling
Verb: The unoccupied house started to decay

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): break down, collapse, crumble, crumple, decay, dilapidate, fall apart, tumble

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, change integrity, disintegrate

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acetylate, adjust, alkalinize, americanize, ascend, assibilate, assimilate, assume, barbarize, blend, boil, break, break into, break up, brutalize, burn, calcify, capacitate, carbonate, caseate, catch, catch on, 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, conjugate, convert, cook, cool, crack, crash, creolize, crumble, crystallize, cure, damage, darken, dawn, deaden, decalcify, decarboxylate, decay, decrepitate, deepen, defervesce, democratize, demulsify, deoxidize, desalinate, destabilize, develop, die, digest, dim, discolor, disintegrate, dissimilate, dissolve, distill, divide, dress, drift, drop, dry, dull, evaporate, explode, fail, fall, fall for, felt, feminize, flip, flocculate, fly, fold, form, format, foul, freshen, gasify, gel, gelatinize, give way, glaze, go out, gradate, grow, gum, harden, have, hush, hydrate, hydrolyze, ice up, incandesce, indurate, industrialize, introject, ionize, isomerize, jellify, keratinize, leave, liberalize, lighten, liquefy, make, mature, mellow, modernize, modify, mold, move, mutate, narrow, normalize, obsolesce, occult, opacify, oxidise, oxidize, pall, pass, pasteurize, plasticize, play out, polymerize, powderize, prim, professionalize, promote, purify, recede, receive, recombine, reflate, reform, regenerate, regress, rejuvenate, relax, reorient, repress, resume, reticulate, rise, roll, run, salinate, saponify, separate, sequester, settle, shade, shallow, shear, shift, smoothen, soften, solarize, solidify, spot, stabilize, stagnate, steepen, stiffen, stratify, strengthen, sublime, suburbanize, suffuse, superannuate, swing, synthesize, thicken, tighten, transaminate, transform, transpire, turn, turn on, ulcerate, undergo, undulate, vascularize, vesiculate, vitrify, vulcanize, warm, warm up

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): break, corrode, deteriorate, erode, ruin, weather, wilt

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: decadent, decay

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書):

Movies(映画): Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: