toppled

英 [ˈtɒpld]

美 [ˈtɑːpld]

v.  (使)失去平衡而坠落，倒塌，倒下; 打倒; 推翻; 颠覆
topple的过去分词和过去式

BNC.48707 / COCA.29801

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)摇摇欲坠;(使)不稳而倒下
  If someone or somethingtopplessomewhere or if youtopplethem, they become unsteady or unstable and fall over.
  1. He just released his hold and toppled slowly backwards...
     他刚一松开手就缓缓向后倒下。
  2. Winds and rain toppled trees and electricity lines.
     狂风暴雨刮倒了树木，打落了电线。
  3. Topple overmeans the same astopple.
     Topple over 同 topple
  4. The tree is so badly damaged they are worried it might topple over...
     这棵树严重受损，他们担心它会倒掉。
  5. We lost our balance and toppled over on to a table.
     我们失去平衡，倒向一张桌子。
• VERB 推翻;颠覆
  Totopplea government or leader, especially one that is not elected by the people, means to cause them to lose power.
  1. ...the revolution which toppled the regime.
     推翻该政权的革命

双语例句

• He toppled into the mud and slid all the way to Violet's feet.
  他一头向前栽进了泥里，一直滑到了小紫的脚边。
• A new world record for the number of dominoes toppled in one go has been set in the Netherlands.
  在荷兰，一项新的多米诺骨牌世界记录在一次尝试下就创造出来了。
• Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi leader toppled by the United States in2003, was from the Tikrit region.
  2003年被美国推翻的伊拉克前领导人萨达姆·侯赛因就来自提克里特地区。
• Our plan of taking a hike toppled down when it began to rain.
  天一下雨，我们徒步旅行的计划泡汤了。
• In a minute or two it started off again, but soon toppled.
  一两分钟后火车又重新开动，但很快就倾覆了。
• The truck had gone off the road and toppled over.
  那辆卡车冲出马路后就翻倒了。
• He dragged the boulder up the rock and toppled it over the edge.
  他把那块大鹅卵石拖到岩石上，推了下去。
• He threatened to wreak vengeance on the men who toppled him a year ago.
  他威胁要对一年前扳倒他的人进行报复。
• The flagpole toppled over, and a crane bad to be used to erect it.
  旗杆倒了，得用吊车把它竖起来。
• All-male and all-white clubs have toppled like dominoes under threats of legal action.
  男人和白人俱乐部在法律的威胁下，像多米诺骨牌一样倒下了。