+ Search by Radical
Search for
PETS rank
Listen
Print Font Size
Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- crumb [kr^m]
-
-
1.
n
a small fragment of bread, cake, or other baked foods
-
2.
n
a small piece or bit
- crumbs of information
-
3.
n
the soft inner part of bread
-
4.
n
[slang]
a contemptible person
-
5.
vt.
[tr]
to prepare or cover (food) with breadcrumbs
-
6.
vt.
to break into small fragments
-
7.
adj
(esp of pie crusts) made with a mixture of biscuit crumbs, sugar, etc
-
8.
adj
[Etymology]
Old English cruma; related to Middle Dutch krome, Middle High German kr
u me, Latin gru mus heap of earth
-
1.
n
a small fragment of bread, cake, or other baked foods
Examples
- This coffee cake recipe is topped with a brown sugar butter pecan crumb topping.
- 这个咖啡蛋糕的制作方法是在蛋糕上面抹上红糖黄油及核桃末儿。 → brown sugar
- to flip a crumb across the room → flip
Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.
