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

• Yet Nepalis resisted and another popular movement a year later toppled him, and Nepal became a republic.
  但是尼泊尔人民反对复辟，一年后，又一场声势浩大的民众运动将国王再次推翻，尼泊尔变成了共和国。
• The huge tree in back of their house had toppled over while she was out chasing after her son.
  当她出门追赶她的儿子时，屋后的一棵大树倒了下来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A3-year-old girl was rescued from beneath a toppled building in Sichuan's Beichuan County on Thursday, Xinhua said.
  新华社说一个三岁的小女孩星期四在北川被救援人员从倾倒的建筑物救出。
• The base of the rock cracked and the whole mass toppled into the sea.
  岩石的底部裂开了，整块岩石塌入海中。
• The explosion toppled the old chimney.
  这次爆炸把那个旧烟囱给炸倒了。
• 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。
• I was toppled three times and rehabilitated three times.
  我是“三落三起”。