Crumbling

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crumble

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• All broken, and worm-eaten, and crumbling to dust at the edges. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• In the Sahara Desert much crumbling of the rock into sand has been caused by the intense heat of the day followed by the sharp frost of night. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• That was one regiment which had been eliminated from Lee's force by this crumbling process. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Rivers flowed back towards their sources; peaks and lofty mountains where countless trees had grown for ages rolled crumbling to the earth. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She remained long in her sitting-room, where the embers were crumbling to cold grey, and the lamp paled under its gay shade. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• His hopes and his ambitions were all crumbling about him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• On these stones that are crumbling away, the guide said, the Saviour sat and rested before taking up the cross. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Lee's army was rapidly crumbling. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Stones, gravel and sticks must be removed, otherwise the contraction of the clay and expansion of the stones on burning, produce a weak and crumbling structure. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Splitting and crumbling of rock caused by alternating heat and cold. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It is in Paris now, one may say, but a crumbling old cross in one portion of it reminds one that it was not always so. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It must be hard enough to bear transportation, and to carry the furnace burden without crumbling to pieces. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• An incident recorded of that heavy time will give one a very good idea of the distress that prevailed within these crumbling walls. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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