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单词 tumbler
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Definition of tumbler in English:

tumbler

noun ˈtʌmbləˈtəmb(ə)lər
  • 1A drinking glass with straight sides and no handle or stem.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I bought some cool, plain, glass tumblers from a thrift store and will start an etching design for them this weekend.
    • Mr. Harding carefully set down his glass tumbler without shifting his gaze from his son.
    • And when I emerged from the treatment room, I was met with a tumbler of water and a cobalt-blue glass tray bearing a chilled towel and three perfect strawberries.
    • Guests have been asked for eight sherry glasses, eight champagne flutes, eight whisky tumblers, eight brandy goblets and two decanters.
    • Earl looked down at the smoky glass tumbler braced in the palm of his hand and swigged down the last sip of whiskey.
    • Saturate lump sugar with bitters in a thick tumbler or mug.
    • By then the indigenously produced drink had made its way into tumblers and cups across the country, especially South India.
    • The tea flows even today, poured hot and sweet into stainless-steel tumblers as manna after a rigorous climb. and it afforded us time to ruminate about the incongruities of the temple.
    • He pauses to pour ice water into a clear glass tumbler, and drinks from it heartily.
    • Fill a tumbler with ice, and strain shaker into glass of ice.
    • I have a really cute new set of stripy tableware: dinner plates, dessert plates, bowls, mugs, tumblers and cutlery.
    • Don't burn your fingers on a tumbler.
    • If a glass tumbler is pressed firmly against a septicaemic rash, the rash will not fade.
    • Put yogurt into a shallow glass or tumbler.
    • She had four tumbler glasses each about half full.
    • I pour half a tumbler, raise the glass, sniff and taste.
    • Philip held the tumbler until his brother drank his fill.
    • Wine was sometimes drunk from glass tumblers.
    • It seems extraordinary that this crumbling little eatery with its plastic tumblers and splintery benches should be so favoured by the rich and famous.
    • They drank from heavy tumblers, staring out the windows at the valley that opened before them.
    Synonyms
    glass, drinking glass, beaker
    goblet, wine glass
    North American highball glass
    archaic stoup
    rare rummer
  • 2An acrobat, especially one who performs somersaults.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Moving slickly between tumblers and acrobats, the action takes in an absurdly daring high-wire act.
    • In 2002 she relocated to the U.S. with the intention of training as a power tumbler.
    • The top women tumbler was Chrystel Robert who did a full-twisting double layout through to a piked full-in.
    • She is a very strong tumbler and vaulter, but only 38 kilos.
    • Clearly, we all have something to learn from these clowns and tumblers.
    • Like a traditional circus, there are jugglers, trapeze acts, tumblers and contortionists.
    • She is a very strong tumbler on floor.
    • Many of the tumblers and trapeze artists were fairly minimally - but decently - dressed.
    • While in the circus, Masha married the power tumbler Alexander Kourbatov.
    • Three young tumblers from Croydon School of Gymnastics have won places in the London primary schools team for next month's national club finals in Cardiff.
    • She was obviously enjoying the antics of the jugglers and tumblers illuminated by the flickering light.
    • It must have been the end of the school day for them as a flurry of wannabe clowns, tumblers and tightrope walkers came out of the bar as I was passing by.
    Synonyms
    gymnast
    1. 2.1 A pigeon of a breed that repeatedly turns over backwards in flight.
  • 3A tumble dryer.

  • 4A pivoted piece in a lock that holds the bolt until lifted by a key.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then I hear the tumblers click as Hofmann locks the front door behind us.
    • The key Fran was holding at that moment fit right into the lock and the tumblers turned.
    • The girls had never known lock picking to be such a dangerously loud task before, as Loki's attempts rattled the tumblers of the lock so much, someone in a surrounding house could hear it from an open door or window.
    • Only a specific shape will recognize the tumbler combination in a lock.
    • You listen to the tumblers falling in a lock, with a sound like faraway applause.
    • Finally, the tumblers of the resistant lock had come round in the magical right combination.
    • I heard the tumblers in the lock click into position.
    • The connections slipped into place like the tumblers in a well-oiled lock and the revelation they unlocked left me standing stunned.
    • He dug out his key and stuck it in the lock, feeling the tumblers give way.
    • Pieces fall comfortingly into place like tumblers in a well-oiled lock.
    • To my immense relief I heard the tumblers inside the lock falling away.
    1. 4.1 A notched pivoted plate in a gunlock.
  • 5An electrical switch worked by pushing a small sprung lever.

  • 6

    another term for tumbling barrel

Derivatives

  • tumblerful

  • nounPlural tumblerfuls ˈtʌmbləfʊlˈtəmb(ə)lərˌfʊl
    • If you throw a tumblerful of water into the sea, you cannot get the same tumblerful of water out again.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I took two tumblerfuls of cold water.
      • She slid into paroxysms of laughter that she tried quelling with a tumblerful of Southern Comfort.
      • Stir one tumblerful of good brandy and a wineglassful of Sherry wine.
      • Chop up the cores of five or six stalks of lemon grass and put them in a blender with a tumblerful of spirits, blend thoroughly.

Rhymes

bumbler, grumbler, stumbler
 
 

Definition of tumbler in US English:

tumbler

nounˈtəmb(ə)lərˈtəmb(ə)lər
  • 1A drinking glass with straight sides and no handle or stem.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And when I emerged from the treatment room, I was met with a tumbler of water and a cobalt-blue glass tray bearing a chilled towel and three perfect strawberries.
    • If a glass tumbler is pressed firmly against a septicaemic rash, the rash will not fade.
    • Philip held the tumbler until his brother drank his fill.
    • I pour half a tumbler, raise the glass, sniff and taste.
    • Fill a tumbler with ice, and strain shaker into glass of ice.
    • The tea flows even today, poured hot and sweet into stainless-steel tumblers as manna after a rigorous climb. and it afforded us time to ruminate about the incongruities of the temple.
    • Don't burn your fingers on a tumbler.
    • He pauses to pour ice water into a clear glass tumbler, and drinks from it heartily.
    • By then the indigenously produced drink had made its way into tumblers and cups across the country, especially South India.
    • Saturate lump sugar with bitters in a thick tumbler or mug.
    • They drank from heavy tumblers, staring out the windows at the valley that opened before them.
    • Mr. Harding carefully set down his glass tumbler without shifting his gaze from his son.
    • I bought some cool, plain, glass tumblers from a thrift store and will start an etching design for them this weekend.
    • I have a really cute new set of stripy tableware: dinner plates, dessert plates, bowls, mugs, tumblers and cutlery.
    • It seems extraordinary that this crumbling little eatery with its plastic tumblers and splintery benches should be so favoured by the rich and famous.
    • She had four tumbler glasses each about half full.
    • Wine was sometimes drunk from glass tumblers.
    • Put yogurt into a shallow glass or tumbler.
    • Earl looked down at the smoky glass tumbler braced in the palm of his hand and swigged down the last sip of whiskey.
    • Guests have been asked for eight sherry glasses, eight champagne flutes, eight whisky tumblers, eight brandy goblets and two decanters.
    Synonyms
    glass, drinking glass, beaker
  • 2An acrobat or gymnast, especially one who performs somersaults.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was obviously enjoying the antics of the jugglers and tumblers illuminated by the flickering light.
    • Moving slickly between tumblers and acrobats, the action takes in an absurdly daring high-wire act.
    • Like a traditional circus, there are jugglers, trapeze acts, tumblers and contortionists.
    • In 2002 she relocated to the U.S. with the intention of training as a power tumbler.
    • The top women tumbler was Chrystel Robert who did a full-twisting double layout through to a piked full-in.
    • It must have been the end of the school day for them as a flurry of wannabe clowns, tumblers and tightrope walkers came out of the bar as I was passing by.
    • Three young tumblers from Croydon School of Gymnastics have won places in the London primary schools team for next month's national club finals in Cardiff.
    • She is a very strong tumbler and vaulter, but only 38 kilos.
    • While in the circus, Masha married the power tumbler Alexander Kourbatov.
    • She is a very strong tumbler on floor.
    • Clearly, we all have something to learn from these clowns and tumblers.
    • Many of the tumblers and trapeze artists were fairly minimally - but decently - dressed.
    Synonyms
    gymnast
    1. 2.1 A pigeon of a breed that repeatedly turns over backward in flight.
  • 3A pivoted piece in a lock that holds the bolt until lifted by a key.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pieces fall comfortingly into place like tumblers in a well-oiled lock.
    • He dug out his key and stuck it in the lock, feeling the tumblers give way.
    • The key Fran was holding at that moment fit right into the lock and the tumblers turned.
    • The connections slipped into place like the tumblers in a well-oiled lock and the revelation they unlocked left me standing stunned.
    • The girls had never known lock picking to be such a dangerously loud task before, as Loki's attempts rattled the tumblers of the lock so much, someone in a surrounding house could hear it from an open door or window.
    • You listen to the tumblers falling in a lock, with a sound like faraway applause.
    • Finally, the tumblers of the resistant lock had come round in the magical right combination.
    • I heard the tumblers in the lock click into position.
    • Only a specific shape will recognize the tumbler combination in a lock.
    • To my immense relief I heard the tumblers inside the lock falling away.
    • Then I hear the tumblers click as Hofmann locks the front door behind us.
    1. 3.1 A notched pivoted plate in a gunlock.
  • 4

    another term for tumbling barrel
 
 
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