crumbling
- IPA[ˈkrʌmblɪŋ]
英式
- breaking or falling apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration;(of something abstract) disintegrating gradually over a period of time
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. breaking or falling apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration their crumbling ancestral home
- ▪ (of something abstract) disintegrating gradually over a period of time a crumbling empire he was trying to escape financial problems and a crumbling marriage