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

• Before long I was again toppled by the gang of four.
  不久，我又被四人帮打倒了。
• The truck had gone off the road and toppled over.
  那辆卡车冲出马路后就翻倒了。
• 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。
• The pile of books toppled down.
  那一堆书倒了。
• The huge storm also toppled trees and cut power to thousands of residents in Washington and Oregon.
  在华盛顿和俄勒冈，树木同样遭受了风暴的肆虐，数千居民的电力系统被毁。
• 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。
• He toppled over the side of the bridge into the water.
  他从桥边掉进水里了。
• 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。
• The pile of books toppled onto the floor.
  这堆书倒在了地板上。
• He just released his hold and toppled slowly backwards
  他刚一松开手就缓缓向后倒下。