tumble
vi. 跌倒,摔倒; 被絆倒; 倒塌; 翻來覆去,翻騰
vt. 使跌倒; 使完全翻轉; 弄亂,搞亂; 推翻,顛覆
n. 摔倒; (價格,價值等)暴跌; 混亂; 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...
一個小男孩從3樓防火梯上摔了下來。
The dog had tumbled down the cliff…
那隻狗已摔下了懸崖。
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...
房價自 1989 年中期以來實際上暴跌了近 30%。
Share prices continued to tumble today on the Tokyo stock market.
東京股市的股價今天繼續暴跌。
If water tumbles, it flows quickly over an uneven surface.
Waterfalls crash and tumble over rocks.
瀑布飛流直濺,沖刷著岩石。
...the aromatic pines and tumbling streams of the Zonba Plateau.
松巴高原芬芳的松樹與湍急的河流
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...
很多母親和孩子在離婚後陷入貧困。
There's no thought more pleasing than the prospect of tumbling into my apartment and slamming the door.
沒有比一頭衝進自己的公寓摔上房門更讓我開心的事了。
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.
這是在艱難的德克薩斯州政治鬥爭中產生的合作.
The old building seemed about to tumble down.
那楝老樓房似即將倒塌.
Things are all in a tumble.
事情亂作了一團.
Machine wash warm, tumble dry low.
暖水機洗, 低溫烘乾.
His desk was a complete tumble of papers and books.
他的書桌上亂糟糟地堆滿了報紙和書籍.