crumple

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++crum·ple /ˈkrʌmpəl/ verb  1  [intransitive, transitive] (also crumple up)SQUASH to crush something so that it becomes smaller and bent, or to be crushed in this way （使）皱；扭曲 Dan tore the page out, crumpled it, and threw it in the wastepaper basket. 丹把这一页撕下来揉成一团，扔进了废纸篓。 →4  See picture of 见图 FOLD2. [intransitive]DISAPPOINTED if your face crumples, you suddenly look sad or disappointed, as if you might cry 〔脸〕皱起来〔似乎要哭〕3  [intransitive]FALL if your body crumples, you fall down in an uncontrolled way 〔身体不由自主地〕倒下crumple to The blow hit him on the head and he crumpled to the ground. 这一击打中他的头部，他瘫倒在地上。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

crumple• The rickety wood splintered under the impact and Jack crumpled, blood welling from a gash on his forehead.• Mitchell crumpled both and pitched them into the wastebasket.• He crumpled his shirt into a ball and threw it into the laundry basket.• As the bullet tore through his leg, he crumpled to the ground.• He crumpled to the ice with a shattered fourth cervical vertebra, his body paralyzed from the neck down.• The whole front of the car crumpled upon impact with the wall.Origin crumple (1300-1400) crump “to curl up” ((14-19 centuries)), from crump, crumb “bent” ((11-18 centuries)), from Old English

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crumple
crum‧ple /ˈkrʌmpəl/ verb1. [intransitive and transitive] (also crumple up) to crush something so that it becomes smaller and bent, or to be crushed in this way:
    Dan tore the page out, crumpled it, and threw it in the wastepaper basket.
2. [intransitive] if your face crumples, you suddenly look sad or disappointed, as if you might cry
3. [intransitive] if your body crumples, you fall down in an uncontrolled way
    crumple to
    The blow hit him on the head and he crumpled to the ground.

crum·pleBrE /ˈkrʌmpl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkrʌmpl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they crumple BrE /ˈkrʌmpl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkrʌmpl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it crumples BrE /ˈkrʌmplz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkrʌmplz/ 🔊past simple crumpled BrE /ˈkrʌmpld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkrʌmpld/ 🔊past participle crumpled BrE /ˈkrʌmpld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkrʌmpld/ 🔊 -ing form crumpling BrE /ˈkrʌmplɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkrʌmplɪŋ/ 🔊

[transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) (up) (into sth) to crush sth into folds; to become crushed into folds 压皱；（使）变皱，起皱◆She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire. 她把那封信揉成一团扔进了火里。🔊🔊◆This material crumples very easily. 这种布料很容易起皱。🔊🔊 [intransitive] ~ (up) if your face crumples, you look sad and disappointed, as if you might cry （脸）沮丧地皱起，哭丧着 [intransitive] ~ (up) to fall down in an uncontrolled way because you are injured, unconscious, drunk, etc. （因受伤、失去知觉、喝醉而）瘫倒 SYN collapse ◆He crumpled up in agony. 他极度痛苦地瘫倒在地。🔊🔊▸ crump·led BrE /ˈkrʌmpld/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkrʌmpld/ 🔊 adjective◆crumpled clothes/papers 皱巴巴的衣服／纸张◆A crumpled figure lay motionless in the doorway. 门口躺着一个人，蜷缩成一团，一动不动。🔊🔊