Crumb

(noun.) small piece of e.g. bread or cake.

(noun.) a very small quantity of something; 'he gave only a crumb of information about his plans'; 'there were few crumbs of comfort in the report'.

(verb.) remove crumbs from; 'crumb the table'.

(verb.) break into crumbs.

(verb.) coat with bread crumbs; 'crumb a cutlet'.

埃尔伯特编辑

• Make me a peacock with this bread-crumb. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Won't you please believe that I did it just for him and give me that little crumb of pleasure at least? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Come, eat something, she said; but I put both away from me, feeling as if a drop or a crumb would have choked me in my present condition. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Then put in a crumb of sal-ammoniac and fill up with water and it is ready for use. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Far too submissive was she to complain of this diet or to ask for a crumb beyond it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Eager little sprites, I have not a crumb for you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Why, a man didn't know where to turn himself for a crumb of comfort. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• She runs to the pantry for a roll, and she stands on the door step scattering crumbs. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This September afternoon is pleasant, observed Louis Moore, as, not at all discomposed, he calmly cast the crumbs on to the grass. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She crumbled it, and bending over his shoulder, put the crumbs into his hand. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Crumbs, dust, and waste-paper were all over the house. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Why, damn their audacity, so they have,' said Captain Boldwig, as the crumbs and fragments that were strewn upon the grass met his eye. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• These crumbs of encouragement, Mr Sparkler thought, would just keep him going; and it is not impossible that Miss Dorrit thought so too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Her fingers moved nervously among the crumbs that were scattered on the cloth. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Stoop down, and let me take the crumbs off of your bonnet. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The moment he succeeded, he came over to me (breathing sherry and crumbs), and said in a subdued voice, May I, dear sir? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• In my hunger for information, I made proposals to Mr. Wopsle to bestow some intellectual crumbs upon me, with which he kindly complied. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

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