collapse

/kəˈlæps/📚 3474 88 4四级六级考研托福雅思

If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly. ^坍塌

verb [vt. 及物动词]倒塌，塌下；崩溃，瓦解；突然倒下，昏倒；瘫倒；突然贬值，暴跌；萎陷，瘪掉；折叠

A section of the Bay Bridge had collapsed.
海湾大桥有一部分坍塌了。

noun [具体名词]倒塌，塌陷；突然失败，崩溃；病倒，垮掉；突然贬值，暴跌

The governor called for an inquiry into the motorway's collapse.
州长要求对高速公路的坍塌进行调查。

col- 在同辅音词根前，表示"共同"collapse 倒塌(col+lapse 滑倒→全部滑倒→倒塌)

collapse 出现在下面的课文中: Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine collapse 动词: 坍塌

collapse

vi. 倒塌；瓦解；暴跌

单词造句:

坍塌

① vi. 倒塌

If explosives are used, vibrations will cause the roof of the mine to collapse.
With no one to repair it, the old church collapsed long ago.

② vi.（因精疲力竭）倒下；（身体等）垮掉

After many years’ hard work, my mother’s health collapsed.
He had run more than forty miles. As soon as he was out of danger, he collapsed.