单词 | tumbler |
释义 | tumbler n.   1. a drinking-glass with no handle or foot (formerly with a rounded bottom so as not to stand upright).   2. an acrobat, esp. one performing somersaults.   3. (in full tumbler-drier) = tumble-drier.   4. a a pivoted piece in a lock that holds the bolt until lifted by a key. b a notched pivoted plate in a gunlock.   5. a kind of pigeon that turns over backwards in flight.   6. an electrical switch worked by pushing a small sprung lever.   7. a toy figure that rocks when touched.   8. = tumbling-barrel (see TUMBLE). Derivatives tumblerful n. (pl. -fuls). |
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