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

• 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。
• It focuses on the situation in Madagascar since the2009 coup, which toppled the elected President.
  报告关注马达加斯加自2009年政变以来的情况，那次政变推翻了民选总统。
• 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 explosion toppled the old chimney.
  这次爆炸把那个旧烟囱给炸倒了。
• His idea of winning power quickly toppled down when he learned who his opponent was.
  当他得知对手是谁时，他立即断了想获取权力的念头。
• He threatened to wreak vengeance on the men who toppled him a year ago.
  他威胁要对一年前扳倒他的人进行报复。
• The front gate and a statue of the college's founder were toppled.
  学校前大门和学校创建者的雕像被推倒。
• 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。
• He dragged the boulder up the rock and toppled it over the edge.
  他把那块大鹅卵石拖到岩石上，推了下去。
• 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。