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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- collapse [kə 'læps] [kə 'læps]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- collapse [kə'læps]
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1.
vi.
[intr]
to fall down or cave in suddenly
- the whole building collapsed
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2.
vi.
[intr]
to fail completely
- his story collapsed on investigation
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3.
vi.
[intr]
to break down or fall down from lack of strength
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4.
vi.
to fold (furniture, etc) compactly or (of furniture, etc) to be designed to fold compactly
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5.
n
the act or instance of suddenly falling down, caving in, or crumbling
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6.
n
a sudden failure or breakdown
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7.
n
[Etymology]
C18: from Latin coll
a psus, from colla bi to fall in ruins, from la bi to fall
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1.
vi.
[intr]
to fall down or cave in suddenly
Examples
- She is so busy that she is at the edge of collapse.
- 她很忙，已经处在崩溃边缘。 → edge
- ready to collapse → ready
- 濒于崩溃
- verge on collapse → 濒于
- 这堵墙要垮了。
- The wall's going to collapse. → 垮
- 大厦将倾
- a great mansion on the point of collapse → 倾
- 顷刻瓦解
- collapse instantly → 顷刻
- 全面崩溃
- a total collapse; débâcle → 全面
- 道德力量的崩溃，使势态更加严重。
- The collapse of moral values has made the situation worse. → 势态
- 一朝覆亡
- collapse (or be toppled) in one short day → 一朝
- 殖民主义的崩溃
- the collapse of colonialism → 崩溃
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