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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   collapse

   • IPA[kəˈlaps]

   美式

   • v.
     (of a structure) fall down or in; give way；cause (something) to fall in or give way
   • n.
     an instance of a structure falling down or in；a sudden failure of an institution or undertaking

   • verb: collapse, 3rd person present: collapses, gerund or present participle: collapsing, past tense: collapsed, past participle: collapsed

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. (of a structure) fall down or in; give way the roof collapsed on top of me 同義詞 cave in, fall in, subside, fall down, sag, ... 更多slump, settle, give, give way, crumble, crumple, disintegrate, fall to pieces, come apart反義詞 hold up
   • ▪ cause (something) to fall in or give way it feels as if the slightest pressure would collapse it many people tend to collapse the distinction between the two concepts
   • ▪ (of a lung or blood vessel) become flat and empty with the walls fallen inward she was so dehydrated that her veins had collapsed
   • ▪ cause (a lung or blood vessel) to collapse he had an operation to collapse his lung
   • 2. (of a person) fall down and become unconscious, typically through illness or injury he collapsed from loss of blood 同義詞 faint, pass out, black out, lose consciousness, fall unconscious, ... 更多keel over, informalflake out, conk out, go out, literaryswoon
   • ▪ sit or lie down as a result of tiredness or amusement exhausted, he collapsed on the bed the three of them collapsed with laughter
   • 3. (of an institution or undertaking) fail suddenly and completely in the face of such resolve his opposition finally collapsed 同義詞 break down, fail, fall through, fold, founder, ... 更多fall flat, miscarry, go wrong, come to nothing, come to grief, be frustrated, be unsuccessful, not succeed, disintegrate, come to a halt, end, terminate, informalflop, fizzle out, flatline反義詞 succeed
   • ▪ (of a price or currency) drop suddenly in value the price of oil collapsed
   • 4. fold or be folded to fit into a small space some cots collapse down to fit into a bag
   • ▪ compress a displayed part of (a spreadsheet or other electronic document) tabulation programs can be used to collapse this list in various ways

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an instance of a structure falling down or in the collapse of a railroad bridge the church roof is in danger of collapse 同義詞 cave-in, giving way, subsidence, crumbling, disintegration
   • ▪ a sudden failure of an institution or undertaking the collapse of the Ottoman Empire 同義詞 breakdown, failure, disintegration, foundering, miscarriage, ... 更多lack of success, halt, end, termination反義詞 outcome, success
   • ▪ a physical or mental breakdown he suffered a collapse from overwork she's lying there in a state of collapse 同義詞 breakdown, attack, seizure, prostration, nervous breakdown, ... 更多nervous/mental collapse, nervous exhaustion, nervous tension, crisis, personal crisis, psychological trauma, informalcrack-up