crumb
/krʌm/
- n.
- 碎屑，面包屑，少许
- vt.
- 捏碎，弄碎
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
crumb
词源说明
From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *krūmô (“fragment, crumb”). The b is unetymological, as in limb, and first appeared in the mid-15th century, influenced by crumble and words such as dumb, numb, and thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish in kråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin grūmus (“a little heap”).
释义
名词noun
- 1A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
- 2A small piece of any other solid substance.
- 3figurativelyA bit, small amount.
- 4Ellipsis of crumb rubber.
- 5The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust