collapse什么意思中文意思是什么

这两个动词都含有“倒塌”之意。

collapse : 通常指房屋等由于压力、无力或缺乏支持而突然倒塌。

Thousands of buildings collapsed in the earthquake.

数以千计的建筑物在地震中倒塌了。

The chair collapsed under her weight.

椅子承受不了她的重量散架了。

He thought his whole world had collapsed when his wife died.

妻子去世后他觉得自己的整个世界都坍塌了。

fall : 一般指由于失去平衡等原因而倒塌，也可作引申用。

She slipped on the ice and fell.

她在冰上滑了一跤。

I fell over and cut my knee.

我摔倒了，划破了膝盖。

The house looked as if it was about to fall down.

房子看起来好像就要倒塌似的。