“Crumbs!” is a small British cry of surprise, like “oh!” or “goodness!” You might hear “Oh crumbs, I forgot my keys.” It is mild and a little old-fashioned: grandparents, children’s books, and gentle comedy use it more than young people in the street. It is not rude.

“Crumbs!” is a small British cry of surprise「Crumbs!」是英式英語裡表示驚訝的小聲驚呼, like “oh!” or “goodness!”就像「oh!」或「goodness!」一樣, You might hear “Oh crumbs, I forgot my keys.”你可能會聽到「Oh crumbs, I forgot my keys.」這樣的說法, It is mild and a little old-fashioned這說法溫和又有點老派: grandparents, children's books, and gentle comedy阿公阿嬤、童書和溫馨喜劇 use it more than young people in the street比街上的年輕人更常用。It is not rude它不算沒禮貌。

It is almost always its own little sentence, often with “oh” in front. Americans almost never use it this way.

It is almost always its own little sentence它幾乎都是自成一句的小驚呼, often with “oh” in front常常前面會加個「oh」。Americans美國人 almost never use it this way幾乎不會這樣用。

You already know crumbs as the tiny bits of bread on a plate — that is a different use, the ordinary plural of crumb. This surprise crumbs is probably a polite stand-in for a stronger cry, though it looks the same as the bread word.

You already know crumbs as the tiny bits of bread on a plate你已經知道 crumbs指盤子上的小麵包屑, that is a different use那是另一個用法, the ordinary plural of crumb也就是 crumb的一般複數形式。This surprise crumbs這個表示驚訝的 crumbs, is probably a polite stand-in for a stronger cry可能是比較委婉、用來代替更強烈驚呼的說法, though it looks the same as the bread word雖然它看起來和「麵包屑」那個字長得一樣。