topples

英 [ˈtɒplz]

美 [ˈtɑːplz]

v.  (使)失去平衡而坠落，倒塌，倒下; 打倒; 推翻; 颠覆
topple的第三人称单数

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

• If the lamp topples, and the oil spills, it quickly ignites causing disfiguring burns or even death to thousands of people each year.
  万一油灯不慎倒落，油溢出后即迅速著火，每年被火烧伤甚至死亡者达数千人。
• I go hunting polar furs and the seal, leaping chasms with apike-pointed staff, clinging to topples of brittle and blue.
  我到北极猎取白熊和海豹，执着一根长杆我跳过隘口，攀附着易脆的蓝。
• Another hazard that topples schedules is flattery.
  使得时间表混乱的另一个可能事件是恭维。
• The single issue that keeps them up late at night is the fear that the growing discontent of rural farmers and migrants could metastasize into a revolutionary force that topples them from power.
  唯一能够让他们夜不能寐的问题就是害怕农村农民和移民的日益不满转变为推翻他们政权的革命力量。
• In the scenes in which it topples, he is not.
  在它倒下的场景里，他就没戴。
• The damage Mechanism is mainly consisted of plane sliding, falls, topples and wedge shape sliding.
  破坏方式以平面滑移、崩塌、倾倒和楔形滑动为主。
• At some point a listing ship topples over, and Germany would plunge into the sea with everybody else.
  德国和其他成员国已经是一条船上的人了，如果这条船颠覆的话，德国免不了和其他其他成员国一同跌入巨浪之中。