collapse

名词 n. 动词 v.
/kəˈlæps/|/klæps/    /kəˈlæps/|/klæps/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of collapsing. countable,uncountable
    — She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping on the wet floor.
  2. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset). countable,uncountable
  3. Ellipsis of batting collapse. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in. intransitive
    — A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
  2. To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely. intransitive
    — Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse.
  3. To fold compactly. intransitive
  4. To conflate, to ignore the distinctions between. figuratively,transitive
  5. In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry). transitive
  6. To suffer a batting collapse. intransitive
    — Immediately after his wicket the team collapsed for 69.
  7. To cause something to collapse. transitive
    — Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.
  8. To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint. intransitive
    — The exhausted singer collapsed on stage and had to be taken to the hospital.

词形变化

collapses present,singular,third-person collapsing participle,present collapsed participle,past collapsed past collapses plural

词源

词源 1
From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).
词源 2
From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).
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