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crumple

verb
🔊/ˈkrʌmpl/
🔊/ˈkrʌmpl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they crumple
🔊/ˈkrʌmpl/
🔊/ˈkrʌmpl/
he / she / it crumples
🔊/ˈkrʌmplz/
🔊/ˈkrʌmplz/
past simple crumpled
🔊/ˈkrʌmpld/
🔊/ˈkrʌmpld/
past participle crumpled
🔊/ˈkrʌmpld/
🔊/ˈkrʌmpld/
-ing form crumpling
🔊/ˈkrʌmplɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkrʌmplɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] crumple (something) (up) (into something) to press or crush something into folds; to become pressed, etc. 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。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive] crumple (up) if your face crumples, you look sad and disappointed, as if you might cry（脸）沮丧地皱起，哭丧着
    • Her face crumpled up and she burst into tears.她的脸皱了皱，流下了眼泪。
    Topics Feelingsc2
  3. [intransitive] crumple (up) to suddenly fall down with no control of your body because you are injured, unconscious, drunk, etc. （因受伤、失去知觉、喝醉而）瘫倒synonym collapse
    • He crumpled up in agony.他极度痛苦地瘫倒在地。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from obsolete crump ‘make ’or‘ become curved’, from Old English crump ‘bent, crooked’, of West Germanic origin; related to German krumm.