tumble
vi. 跌倒,摔倒; 被绊倒; 倒塌; 翻来覆去,翻腾
vt. 使跌倒; 使完全翻转; 弄乱,搞乱; 推翻,颠覆
n. 摔倒; (价格,价值等)暴跌; 混乱; 翻筋斗
If someone or something tumbles somewhere, they fall there with a rolling or bouncing movement.
A small boy tumbled off a third floor fire escape...
一个小男孩从3楼防火梯上摔了下来。
The dog had tumbled down the cliff…
那只狗已摔下了悬崖。
If prices or levels of something are tumbling, they are decreasing rapidly.
House prices have tumbled by almost 30 per cent in real terms since mid-1989...
房价自 1989 年中期以来实际上暴跌了近 30%。
Share prices continued to tumble today on the Tokyo stock market.
东京股市的股价今天继续暴跌。
If water tumbles, it flows quickly over an uneven surface.
Waterfalls crash and tumble over rocks.
瀑布飞流直溅,冲刷着岩石。
...the aromatic pines and tumbling streams of the Zonba Plateau.
松巴高原芬芳的松树与湍急的河流
If you say that someone tumbles into a situation or place, you mean that they get into it without being fully in control of themselves or knowing what they are doing.
Many mothers and children tumble into poverty after divorce...
很多母亲和孩子在离婚后陷入贫困。
There's no thought more pleasing than the prospect of tumbling into my apartment and slamming the door.
没有比一头冲进自己的公寓摔上房门更让我开心的事了。
1. an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
2. a sudden drop from an upright position;
1. fall down, as if collapsing;
2. cause to topple or tumble by pushing
3. roll over and over, back and forth
4. fly around;
5. fall apart;
6. throw together in a confused mass;
7. understand, usually after some initial difficulty;
8. fall suddenly and sharply;
9. put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying;
10. suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
11. do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
It was a partnership born in the rough and tumble of Texas politics.
这是在艰难的德克萨斯州政治斗争中产生的合作.
The old building seemed about to tumble down.
那楝老楼房似即将倒塌.
Things are all in a tumble.
事情乱作了一团.
Machine wash warm, tumble dry low.
暖水机洗, 低温烘干.
His desk was a complete tumble of papers and books.
他的书桌上乱糟糟地堆满了报纸和书籍.