| 单词 | tumble |
| 释义 | tumble (tʌmbəl ) Word forms: tumbles , tumbling , tumbled 1. verb 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. [VERB preposition/adverb] The dog had tumbled down the cliff. [VERB preposition/adverb] He fell to the ground, and the gun tumbled out of his hand. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: fall, drop, topple, plummet Tumble is also a noun. He injured his ribs in a tumble from his horse. [+ from] 2. verb If prices or levels of something are tumbling, they are decreasing rapidly. [journalism] House prices have tumbled by almost 30 per cent in real terms since mid-1989. [V + by/from/to] Share prices continued to tumble today on the stock market. [VERB] ...tumbling inflation. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: fall steeply or sharply, fall, decline, crash [informal] Tumble is also a noun. Oil prices took a tumble yesterday. 3. verb If water tumbles, it flows quickly over an uneven surface. Waterfalls crash and tumble over rocks. [VERB preposition] ...the aromatic pines and tumbling streams of the Zomba Plateau. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: cascade, fall, flow, pour 4. verb 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. [mainly British] The whole region seemed to be tumbling into crisis. [VERB + into] They tumble into bed at eight o'clock, too tired to take their clothes off. [VERB + into] 5. See also rough and tumble Phrasal verbs: tumble down phrasal verb If a building tumbles down, it collapses or parts of it fall off, usually because it is old and no-one has taken care of it. The outer walls looked likely to tumble down in a stiff wind. [VERB PARTICLE] If the foundations are flawed the house will come tumbling down. [VERB PARTICLE] tumble over phrasal verb If someone or something tumbles over, they fall, often with a rolling or bouncing movement. The man tumbled over backwards. [VERB PARTICLE] Idioms: rough and tumble a situation in which the people involved try hard to get what they want, and do not worry about upsetting or harming others Whoever expected leaders in the rough and tumble of electoral politics to be nice or fair? Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: shares tumble Both saw their shares tumble on their first day of trading. Times, Sunday Times Shares tumbled 24 per cent to 30p as bosses admitted a recovery was unlikely over the coming months. The Sun Shares tumbled 15 per cent to 80.70p as bosses warned they would miss half-year profit forecasts. The Sun Shares tumbled 5 per cent, wiping 1.4billion from its value. The Sun Shares tumbled 17 per cent this week and a further 1billion was knocked off the profit forecast. The Sun My foot became tangled in some fencing wire and I took a tumble. The Sun (2015) She fears she might lose her footing and take a tumble. The Sun (2010) In fact, I may take a tumble right here, to make up the shortfall. IN A STRANGE CITY (2001) And security staff had to rescue a woman who had taken a tumble outside a venue in the city. The Sun (2016) Water tumbles over weirs and spurts with a sleepy hiss through rotted lock-gates. Times, Sunday Times The water tumbles over the foreground, so as to entitle the painter to the name of inventor of cascades. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A narrow band of water tumbles over a small rock face and then disappears into a rocky base. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Words tumble out like tears from a singer who draws you into her world and keeps you there. The Sun And the words tumble out in a torrent. The Sun As you preach, your words tumble out in long, short, or even broken sentences, punctuated by pauses, vocal slides, and variations in pitch, rate, and force. Christianity Today The words tumble out in gasps. Times, Sunday Times The words tumble out of him, about anything and everything. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 摔倒 Japanese: 転げ落ちる |
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