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crumb

noun
🔊/krʌm/
🔊/krʌm/
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  1. a very small piece of food, especially of bread or cake, that has fallen off a larger piece食物碎屑；（尤指）面包屑，糕饼屑
    • She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater.她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。🔊🔊
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    • He didn't even leave any crumbs on his plate.他的盘子里连一点儿渣都没有剩。
    • I swept away the crumbs.我把碎屑清扫掉了。
    • She brushed the cake crumbs off the table.她把蛋糕屑从桌子上拂去。
    • a few crumbs of bread一些面包屑
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • biscuit
    • bread
    • cake
    • …
    verb + crumb
    • brush
    • sweep
    • wipe
    • …
    preposition
    • crumb of
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  2. a small piece or amount一点；少许；少量
    • I managed to pick up a few crumbs of useful information.我设法收集了一些有用的信息。
    • The government's only crumb of comfort is that their opponents are as confused as they are.政府唯一聊以自慰的是反对派与他们一样困惑不解。🔊🔊
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    3. Word OriginOld English cruma, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruim and German Krume. The final -b was added in the 16th cent., perhaps from crumble but also influenced by words such as dumb, where the original final -b is retained although no longer pronounced.