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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Roofs toppled and walls and other debris fell onto unsuspecting people asleep.
  房顶坍塌、墙壁和其他瓦砾砸在毫无准备的人们身上。
• 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。
• With great anger, he toppled the man from his horse.
  一怒之下，他把那人从马上掀了下来。
• He toppled over the side of the bridge into the water.
  他从桥边掉进水里了。
• We have witnessed many counter-revolutionaries toppled one by one& the Ching Dynasty government, the northern warlords, the Japanese militarists, mussolini, Hitler and Chiang kai-shek; they made mistakes in thought and deed and could not do otherwise.
  我们亲眼看到了许多的反革命：清朝政府，北洋军阀，日本军国主义，墨索里尼，希特勒，蒋介石，一个一个地倒下去了，他们犯了并且不可能不犯思想和行动的错误。
• 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。
• Before long I was again toppled by the gang of four.
  不久，我又被四人帮打倒了。