喜樂美語
  1. 1n/krʌm/bit of bread or cake碎屑／麵包屑

    A very small piece of dry food that has broken off something, especially bread, cake, or a .

    crumb 是乾的食物掉下來的那一點點碎屑，最常講麵包、蛋糕、餅乾。中文的「屑」很接近，但英文特別挑「乾」的東西——湯汁或醬掉下來不會叫 crumb。它幾乎都用複數 crumbs，因為碎屑很少只有一顆；桌上、衣服上、鍵盤縫裡的那些就是。跟 piece 比，crumb 小到你會想把它撥掉，而不是撿起來吃。

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei stood up and brushed the crumbs off her skirt.

    中文翻譯美站起來然後把那些碎屑從她的裙子上撥掉。

    常見搭配

    • bread crumbs

      麵包粉、麵包屑

      small dry pieces of bread, often used in cooking

      Coat the chicken with bread crumbs and bake it.

    • brush the crumbs off/away

      把碎屑撥掉

      to sweep small pieces of food off a surface or your clothes

      He brushed the crumbs from his desk into the bin.

    • cake/biscuit crumbs

      蛋糕屑、餅乾屑

      small pieces that fall off a cake or biscuit

      There were biscuit crumbs at the bottom of the tin.

    • pick up crumbs

      把碎屑一顆顆撿起來

      to take up small pieces of food one by one

      A small bird was picking up crumbs under the table.

    意思相反

    loafchunk

  2. 2n/krʌm/tiny amount of hope or comfort一點點／一絲

    A very small amount of something good, such as comfort, hope, or news — so small that it is hardly enough.

    這個 crumb 把麵包屑的畫面借給抽象的東西：安慰、希望、好消息只剩「一點屑」那麼多。最常見的搭配是 a crumb of comfort／hope。用了這個字，讀的人會聽出說話的人其實很失望——有是有，但少到幾乎不算數。跟 a bit of 比，a bit 只說量少，crumb 還多了「僅剩這麼一點」的無奈。

    常見搭配

    • a crumb of comfort

      一點點安慰

      a very small amount of comfort in a bad situation

      "You're no worse than the rest," the coach said, offering me a crumb of comfort.

    • a crumb of hope

      一絲希望

      a very small amount of hope

      The letter gave the family one crumb of hope.

    • crumbs of information

      零星的一點消息

      small, unsatisfying pieces of news or facts

      Reporters were given only crumbs of information.

    用法接近

    scraptracehint

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Crumbname

  • 1

    A surname.

crumbnoun/kɹʌm/

  • 1

    A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

    • The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground.
    • desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table
  • 2

    A small piece of any other solid substance.

    • Then erase any pencil lines with a good, soft eraser, rubbing gently, in only one direction. A dustbrush can be useful in removing any eraser crumbs.
  • 3

    A bit, small amount.

    • a crumb of comfort
  • 4

    The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.

    • Dust unto dust, what must be, must; / If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust.
  • 5

    A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.

  • 6

    slangA nobody; a worthless person.

    • All Dad can think of is a gift certificate from the Melody Inn? And my crumb of a boyfriend doesn't even show up? This is a birthday?
  • 7

    slangA body louse (Pediculus humanus).

crumbverb/kɹʌm/

  • 1

    To cover with crumbs.

  • 2

    To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.

    • to crumb bread

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • crumb rubber

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