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Definition of crumbly in English: crumblyadjectivecrumblier, crumbliest ˈkrʌmbliˈkrəmbli Consisting of or easily breaking into small fragments. 由碎屑组成的；易碎的 the cheese has a sharp flavour and is crumbly and moist 这种奶酪味道浓烈，易碎且湿度高。 Example sentencesExamples - The lowermost layer was very soft, crumbly yellow sandstone that would fall apart in your hands with enough pressure.
- If you're not a fan of chèvre (goat's cheese), you can replace it with almost any crumbly cheese.
- There were piles of the stuff - crumbly sand with a demerara-sugar like texture and just enough moisture to hold together curving walls and vaulting floors.
- A har appears as a horizontal layer of soil that looks denser with less crumbly soil particles than the topsoil, has few roots or earthworms and may even be a darker color than the rest of the soil.
- Her home was little more than a shack, with rickety walls of thin, crumbly wood and with a wild, overgrown garden in the front.
- It makes clay-like soil more crumbly and helps sandy soil retain moisture.
- The pavement in front of the man was obstructed by a row of dirty orange cones, which surrounded a deep trench beside a mound of tarmac chunks and crumbly earth.
- The texture was also very pleasant, as the filling and dough sort of blended into one another, forming a gradual progression from crumbly shell to moist, fresh cheese, and the chewy little bolts of orange taste.
- On the back of the cave was an upturned seaman's chest that spilled crumbly garments of silk and lace, ivory and gold ornaments, and heaps of gold and silver coins and fine jewellery of old.
- The grass leaves and roots gradually rot down to produce a fine, crumbly loam that can be used for potting all sorts of plants from tomatoes to tulips.
- By putting it through a wormery or composter you not only avoid these emissions but get piles of top-grade crumbly compost too.
- Pile the leaves in every time they are cleared from the garden and leave them for a year or more to produce lovely, dark crumbly leaf mould to spread over the garden or incorporate into the soil.
- Chalk and similar soft, bedded limestones provide crumbly soils that are both well drained and have the capacity to retain water in the microporous rock structures.
- Fail to get the balance of ingredients right and you will end up with a slimy, smelly mess rather than the rich, crumbly mulch that is the sign of good compost.
- If they freeze hard enough before curing when on the walls, they will become quite crumbly and need to be removed.
- The most obvious symptom of the disease is the production of small, crumbly berries that fall apart when touched.
- Although you can use any stuffing recipe that you might use for a chicken or turkey, the recipe below, which has a moist, light and slightly crumbly texture, works well.
- Stilton is a creamy and slightly acidic blue cheese with a soft and crumbly texture.
- The important notes of this classic dish should be caramelised apple and crumbly pasty, but instead, there was an unpleasant sharpness, which came from either burned sugar, or apples left in lemon juice too long, or both.
- If you are not keen on feta, use something else crumbly, such as Cheshire or Lancashire cheese.
Synonyms brittle, breakable, friable, powdery, granular short crisp, crispy rare pulverulent, brashy
nounPlural crumblies ˈkrʌmbli derogatory, humorous, informal An old person. the high proportion of crumblies in the population 老年人在人口中的高比例。 Example sentencesExamples - Is this the year when the Olympic Games will be taken over by the crumblies?
- They were appropriately pompous but looked like crumbly high school maths teachers.
- For this is the week that crumblies came into their own.
- Their project is an attempt to build bridges between the teenagers we used to be and the middle aged crumblies we have now become.
Synonyms retired person, pensioner, old-age pensioner, oap
Derivativesnoun These tasted home-made, with just the right ratio of dry crumbliness to chewiness and that fantastic contrast you get from crunchy baked hazelnuts and soft, yielding fruit. Example sentencesExamples - His version is a light assembly of intensely sweet, sun-blush tomatoes, chalky goat's cheese and fabulous olives, just suspended in short, buttery pastry of admirable crumbliness.
- Pressing tofu eliminates any crumbliness (a quality many people dislike), and the result is a wonderfully springy soybean cutlet.
- Unbelievable numbers of beautiful beautiful classic buildings in various states of crumbliness.
Definition of crumbly in US English: crumblyadjectiveˈkrəmbliˈkrəmblē Consisting of or easily breaking into small fragments. 由碎屑组成的；易碎的 the cheese is crumbly and moist Example sentencesExamples - There were piles of the stuff - crumbly sand with a demerara-sugar like texture and just enough moisture to hold together curving walls and vaulting floors.
- Fail to get the balance of ingredients right and you will end up with a slimy, smelly mess rather than the rich, crumbly mulch that is the sign of good compost.
- Her home was little more than a shack, with rickety walls of thin, crumbly wood and with a wild, overgrown garden in the front.
- A har appears as a horizontal layer of soil that looks denser with less crumbly soil particles than the topsoil, has few roots or earthworms and may even be a darker color than the rest of the soil.
- It makes clay-like soil more crumbly and helps sandy soil retain moisture.
- If you're not a fan of chèvre (goat's cheese), you can replace it with almost any crumbly cheese.
- By putting it through a wormery or composter you not only avoid these emissions but get piles of top-grade crumbly compost too.
- The most obvious symptom of the disease is the production of small, crumbly berries that fall apart when touched.
- The texture was also very pleasant, as the filling and dough sort of blended into one another, forming a gradual progression from crumbly shell to moist, fresh cheese, and the chewy little bolts of orange taste.
- Although you can use any stuffing recipe that you might use for a chicken or turkey, the recipe below, which has a moist, light and slightly crumbly texture, works well.
- The pavement in front of the man was obstructed by a row of dirty orange cones, which surrounded a deep trench beside a mound of tarmac chunks and crumbly earth.
- The lowermost layer was very soft, crumbly yellow sandstone that would fall apart in your hands with enough pressure.
- On the back of the cave was an upturned seaman's chest that spilled crumbly garments of silk and lace, ivory and gold ornaments, and heaps of gold and silver coins and fine jewellery of old.
- If you are not keen on feta, use something else crumbly, such as Cheshire or Lancashire cheese.
- Chalk and similar soft, bedded limestones provide crumbly soils that are both well drained and have the capacity to retain water in the microporous rock structures.
- Stilton is a creamy and slightly acidic blue cheese with a soft and crumbly texture.
- The important notes of this classic dish should be caramelised apple and crumbly pasty, but instead, there was an unpleasant sharpness, which came from either burned sugar, or apples left in lemon juice too long, or both.
- The grass leaves and roots gradually rot down to produce a fine, crumbly loam that can be used for potting all sorts of plants from tomatoes to tulips.
- Pile the leaves in every time they are cleared from the garden and leave them for a year or more to produce lovely, dark crumbly leaf mould to spread over the garden or incorporate into the soil.
- If they freeze hard enough before curing when on the walls, they will become quite crumbly and need to be removed.
Synonyms brittle, breakable, friable, powdery, granular
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