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

• 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。
• I was toppled three times and rehabilitated three times.
  我是“三落三起”。
• 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。
• 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 majority of the revolutionaries of the older generation, nearly all Han, were toppled, including myself.
  大多数老一辈的革命家都被打倒了嘛，这些人几乎都是汉族嘛，包括我在内。
• He lost his balance, staggered back against the rail and toppled over
  他失去平衡，往后趔趄了一下，撞到栏杆摔倒了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Before long I was again toppled by the gang of four.
  不久，我又被四人帮打倒了。
• He toppled over the side of the bridge into the water.
  他从桥边掉进水里了。