请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 tailspin
释义

tailspin

/ˈteɪlspɪn /
noun
1A spin by an aircraft.About 600 miles out, Erwin broadcast a frantic message that he was in a tailspin and headed for the ocean below....
  • They don't pull the joystick until the tailspin is imminent.
  • The plane then went into a tailspin, rushing towards the ground below.
1.1A state of rapidly increasing chaos or panic: the rise in interest rates sent the stock market into a tailspin...
  • When the airline industry went into a tailspin, the government, banks and other backers rallied round.
  • The telecom industry was already in a tailspin, so no one wanted to take on the added risk of doing business in areas where they couldn't be sure they'd get paid.
  • The stock price of the combined company declined more than 75 percent as Wall Street went into a tailspin and advertising swooned.
verb (tailspins, tailspinning; past and past participle tailspun) [no object]
Become increasingly chaotic and out of control: an economy tailspinning into chaos...
  • But now, if the doom-mongers are to be believed, the group will tailspin and be sold off bit by bit to the highest bidder.
  • After the death of his sister, Vincent’s life began to tailspin out of control.
  • Someone very wise told me, when the economy started to tailspin, that there was no better time to start a company than during a down market, because if you can survive a down market you can survive anything.

Origin

First World War: from tail1 + spin (noun).

随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 18:29:48