collapses

英 [kəˈlæpsɪz]

美 [kəˈlæpsɪz]

v.  (突然)倒塌，坍塌; (尤指因病重而)倒下，昏倒，晕倒; (尤指工作劳累后)坐下，躺下放松
collapse的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 倒塌;塌下
  If a building or other structurecollapses, it falls down very suddenly.
  1. A section of the Bay Bridge had collapsed...
     海湾大桥有一段垮塌了。
  2. The roof collapsed in a roar of rock and rubble...
     屋顶轰隆一声塌了下来，碎石瓦砾落了一地。
  3. Most of the deaths were caused by landslides and collapsing buildings.
     大部分死亡是由山体滑坡和建筑倒塌造成的。
  4. Collapseis also a noun.
     
  5. Governor Deukmejian called for an inquiry into the freeway's collapse.
     德克梅吉恩州长要求对高速公路塌陷事件进行调查。
• VERB (体系或机构)崩溃，瓦解，突然失败
  If something, for example a system or institution,collapses, it fails or comes to an end completely and suddenly.
  1. His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt...
     他的商业帝国无力承担沉重的债务负担而垮掉了。
  2. This system has collapsed in most countries where it ruled...
     这一体系在其占统治地位的大多数国家都失败了。
  3. The rural people have been impoverished by a collapsing economy.
     经济崩溃使农村地区的人们一贫如洗。
  4. Collapseis also a noun.
     
  5. The coup's collapse has speeded up the drive to independence...
     政变失败加速了独立运动的进程。
  6. Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.
     他们的经济岌岌可危，正处在崩溃的边缘。
• VERB (因生病或虚弱)突然倒下，昏倒
  If youcollapse, you suddenly faint or fall down because you are very ill or weak.
  1. He collapsed following a vigorous exercise session at his home...
     在家剧烈运动了一阵后他突然昏倒了。
  2. It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.
     在街上看见有人饿晕是很平常的事。
  3. Collapseis also a noun.
     
  4. A few days after his collapse he was sitting up in bed.
     他病倒后没过几天就又能在床上坐起来了。
• VERB (因精疲力竭而)突然坐下(或倒下)
  If youcollapseonto something, you sit or lie down suddenly because you are very tired.
  1. She arrived home exhausted and barely capable of showering before collapsing on her bed.
     她精疲力竭地回到家，勉强冲了个澡就倒在了床上。
• VERB 萎陷;内陷;瘪掉
  If something with air insidecollapses, it falls inwards and becomes smaller or flatter.
  1. He plunged 300ft to the ground when his parachute collapsed...
     降落伞突然瘪了，他从300英尺的高空跌落到地面。
  2. He was rushed to hospital last week after suffering a collapsed lung.
     上星期，他因出现肺萎陷而被火速送进医院。

双语例句

• Being sad, she collapses, wants to give up, I do not know either how to do.
  她伤心了，崩溃了，想放弃了，我也不知道该怎么做。
• It all expands and collapses as expected in firebug.
  这一切都为扩大和崩溃在Firebug预期。
• Not only does it scald the throat tissue, it collapses.
  不仅仅是烫伤，喉部组织完全坏死了。
• The incident was one of at least six highway-bridge collapses in China since July 2011, Xinhua said.
  新华社说，2011年7月以来中国至少出现了六起高架桥坍塌事故，这是其中一起。
• For him the world collapses.
  对他来说整个世界土崩瓦解了。
• This world can seem marvelously convincing until death collapses the illusion and evicts us from our hiding place.
  这个世界似乎非常真实地让人可以相信，直到死亡瓦解了我们的幻境，把我们从隐藏的地方揪出来。
• When a star collapses, it can become either a White Dwarf or a Supernova.
  当恒星塌陷时，可以成白矮星，也可以是超新星。
• This bridge table collapses.
  这张桥牌桌子能折叠。
• China has suffered a string of explosions and collapses of public buildings, including schools.
  中国已经遭受了一大串公用建筑的爆炸、倒塌，包括学校。
• Under this assumption, public debt exceeds a certain limit and financial confidence collapses.
  在这一情形下，公共债务超过某个限额，金融信心一落千丈。