crumb

• 从小块食物（尤其是面包、糕点等烘焙食品）上掉下或掰下的小碎片。也泛指少量碎屑或一点剩余物。

A small fragment or piece, especially of bread, cake, or other baked goods, that has broken off from a larger piece.

1. Small piece of foodA2formal

   A very small piece of bread, cake, or biscuit that has fallen off a larger piece.

   面包屑

   • She brushed the bread crumbs off the table.
   • There were cake crumbs all over the floor.
   • He picked up a crumb from his plate.

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2. B2informal

   A very small amount of something, often used figuratively.

   少许

   • He didn't have a crumb of evidence to support his claim.
   • She offered him a crumb of comfort.
   • There wasn't a crumb of truth in his story.

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• 动词，指把食物裹上面包屑或粉，也指将某物弄碎成小屑或小块。

A verb meaning to coat or cover with breadcrumbs, or to break into small fragments.

1. Coat with breadcrumbsB2formal

   To cover food with breadcrumbs before cooking, typically by dipping in egg and then breadcrumbs.

   裹面包糠

   • She crumbed the chicken fillets before frying them.
   • The recipe says to crumb the fish and then bake it.
   • He carefully crumbed each piece of eggplant for the parmesan.

   同义词breadbreadcrumb