英语词汇collapse怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

collapse

kəlæps  kəˈlæps 

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense collapses, present participle collapsing, past tense , past participle collapsed

1 VERB 倒塌;塌下 If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly. 倒塌;塌下

A section of the Bay Bridge had collapsed. [VERB]

海湾大桥有一段垮塌了。
The roof collapsed in a roar of rock and rubble. [VERB]

屋顶轰隆一声塌了下来，碎石瓦砾落了一地。
Most of the deaths were caused by landslides and collapsing buildings. [VERB-ing]

大部分死亡是由山体滑坡和建筑倒塌造成的。

SYN fall down, fall, give way, subside

Collapse is also a noun.

Governor Deukmejian called for an inquiry into the freeway's collapse.

德克梅吉恩州长要求对高速公路塌陷事件进行调查。

2 VERB (体系或机构)崩溃，瓦解，突然失败 If something, for example a system or institution, collapses, it fails or comes to an end completely and suddenly. (体系或机构)崩溃，瓦解，突然失败

His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt. [VERB]

他的商业帝国无力承担沉重的债务负担而垮掉了。
This system has collapsed in most countries where it ruled. [VERB]

这一体系在其占统治地位的大多数国家都失败了。
The rural people have been impoverished by a collapsing economy. [VERB-ing]

经济崩溃使农村地区的人们一贫如洗。

SYN fail, fold, founder, break down

Collapse is also a noun.

The coup's collapse has speeded up the drive to independence.

政变失败加速了独立运动的进程。
Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.

他们的经济岌岌可危，正处在崩溃的边缘。

3 VERB (因生病或虚弱)突然倒下，昏倒 If you collapse, you suddenly faint or fall down because you are very ill or weak. (因生病或虚弱)突然倒下，昏倒

He collapsed following a vigorous exercise session at his home. [VERB]

在家剧烈运动了一阵后他突然昏倒了。
It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets. [VERB]

在街上看见有人饿晕是很平常的事。

SYN faint, break down, pass out, black out

Collapse is also a noun.

A few days after his collapse he was sitting up in bed.

他病倒后没过几天就又能在床上坐起来了。

4 VERB (因精疲力竭而)突然坐下(或倒下) If you collapse onto something, you sit or lie down suddenly because you are very tired. (因精疲力竭而)突然坐下(或倒下) [Also VERB]

She arrived home exhausted and barely capable of showering before collapsing on her bed. [VERB prep.]

她精疲力竭地回到家，勉强冲了个澡就倒在了床上。

5 VERB 萎陷;内陷;瘪掉 If something with air inside collapses, it falls inwards and becomes smaller or flatter. 萎陷;内陷;瘪掉

He plunged 300ft to the ground when his parachute collapsed. [VERB]

降落伞突然瘪了，他从300英尺的高空跌落到地面。
He was rushed to hospital last week after suffering a collapsed lung. [VERB-ed]

上星期，他因出现肺萎陷而被火速送进医院。

Word Link

lapse ≈ falling : collapse, elapse, lapse

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