tumble

['tʌmbl]

v.暴跌, 倒塌, 跌倒, 翻滚, 弄乱, 明白, 突然发现
n.暴跌, 跌跤, 混乱

vi.

1. 跌倒; 滚下; 坠落

Tom tumbled over and hit his head on the concrete.

汤姆摔倒, 头撞到水泥地。

2. 被绊倒; 被倾覆

He tumbled over the cat.

他被那只猫绊倒了。

3. 打滚; 辗转; 翻筋斗

The sick child tumbled restlessly in his bed.

生病的小孩在床上辗转反侧焦躁不安。

4. (房屋等)倒塌[(+down)]

It only needed a push and the whole building would come tumbling down.

只要稍稍一推, 那整幢房子就会倒塌下来。

5. (物价等)暴跌

Stock market prices tumbled after rumors of a rise in interest rates.

谣传利率上升之后, 股票市场价格猛跌。

6. 匆匆忙忙地做; 跌跌撞撞地走

He tumbled downstairs.

他跌跌撞撞下了楼梯。

7. 【英】【俚】突然明白[(+to)]

It was a long time before she tumbled to what I meant.

她用了很长时间才明白了我的意思。

8. 偶然发现

Quite accidentally, the police tumbled on the answer to the mystery.

警察出乎意外地找到了那疑案的答案。

vt.

1. 使跌倒; 使滚下; 使坠落

He tumbled me over backwards.

他把我向后摔倒。

2. 乱扔; 弄乱[O]

I could just see her face and her tumbled hair.

我只能看见她的脸和蓬乱的头发。

He tumbled his clothes and books into a big sack.

他把他的衣服和书胡乱装进一只大口袋。

3. 使暴跌; 颠覆

4. 使翻滚; 用烘干机烘干(衣服)

You can tumble the clothes dry in a dryer.

你可以用烘干机将衣服烘干。

n.[C]

1. 跌跤; 坠落

The tumble hurt him badly.

这一跤把他摔得很疼。

2. 倒塌

3. (价格等的)暴跌

Stock prices took a tumble in the afternoon.

股票价格下午猛跌。

4. 倒台, 垮台

5. 翻滚; 翻筋斗

The child is practicing a tumble.

那孩子在练习翻筋斗。

6. 混乱

His desk was a complete tumble of papers and books.

他的书桌上乱糟糟地堆满了报纸和书籍。

词形变化

动词过去式: tumbled | 动词过去分词: tumbled | 动词现在分词: tumbling | 动词第三人称单数: tumbles |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.vi.跌倒; 抛

fall  toss  sprawl  topple  stumble  trip  wallow  flounder  pitch  plunge  lurch  

同义参见:

descent  thrash  stagger  founder  disorder  rock  

英英释义

名词 tumble:

an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end

a sudden drop from an upright position

同义词：spill, fall

动词 tumble:

fall down, as if collapsing

同义词：topple

cause to topple or tumble by pushing

同义词：topple, tip

roll over and over, back and forth

fly around

同义词：whirl, whirl around

fall apart

同义词：crumble, crumple, break down, collapse

throw together in a confused mass

understand, usually after some initial difficulty

同义词：catch on, get wise, get onto, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it

fall suddenly and sharply

put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying

suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully

短语词组

tumble into/upon

1. 偶然遇见(或发现)

I tumbled upon the rare volume in the nearby bookstore.

我在附近那家书店偶然发现了这一珍本。

补充

tumbletumble英:[ˈtʌmbl] 美:[ˈtʌmbəl]vi.1.翻滚Children tumble over each other in play.孩子们玩耍时相互连身翻滚。2.突然摔倒The child tumbled down the stairs.小孩从楼梯上跌下来。3.〈非正〉恍然大悟; 忽然明白n.1.(身不由己的或猛力的)倒下; 摔倒; 坠落He took a tumble down the stairs.他摔下了楼梯。2.混乱; 杂乱

例句

1. She pushed him and sent him tumbling downstairs.她推了他一下, 使得他从楼梯上跌落下来。 2. The gun tumbled out of his hand.枪从他的手里摔了出去。 3. Shares tumbled on the stock market today.今天股价暴跌。 4. House prices have tumbled by almost 30 per cent.房价暴跌了近30%。 5. Waterfalls crash and tumble over rocks.瀑布飞流直溅, 冲刷着岩石。 6. We tumbled about freely between the rooms.我们在房间之间无拘无束地跑来跑去。 7. We would have sent our economy and social security system tumbling.我们就会弄垮经济和社会保障体系。 8. She tumbled the bedclothes.她把床单弄得皱皱巴巴。 9. the tub rotates, tumbling the clothing inside into the water滚筒旋转起来, 把筒内的衣服浸入水中 10. He stopped and tumbled the wood in a pile on the sand.他停下脚步, 把木头一股脑丢到沙滩上。 11. He had a tumble and hurt his knee this morning.他今天早上跌倒, 摔伤了膝盖。 12. The shares took a tumble, falling 31p to 429p.股价下跌31便士, 至429便士。 13. The whole story spilled out in a tumble of tears and remorse.整个经过伴着泪水与悔恨被和盘托出。 14. His feet met the tumble of clothing.他的双脚踩到了乱糟糟的一堆衣服。 15. She tumbled off her bicycle.她从自行车上摔了下来。 16. The baby tumbled to the ground.婴儿跌倒在地。 17. The boy tumbled over a stone.男孩被一块石头绊了一跤。 18. The stock market tumbled.股市行情看跌。 19. The government tumbled.政府被推翻了。 20. The deserted building tumbled down when an earthquake happened.那座荒无人住的建筑物在发生地震时倒塌了。 21. The patient tumbled restlessly in his bed.病人焦躁不安地在床上翻来滚去。 22. We tumbled out of bed at 5 o'clock in the morning.我们清晨五点迷迷糊糊地起了床。 23. He tumbled into the meeting room.他莽莽撞撞地走进了会议室。 24. All at once I tumbled to what he meant.我突然明白了他的意思。 25. At last, she tumbled to the fact that he had been deceiving her for a long time.她终于明白他已经欺骗她很长时间了。 26. I tumbled upon an interesting book in the library.我在图书馆偶然发现了一本有趣的书。 27. The acrobats tumbled over the stage.杂技演员们在舞台上翻筋斗。 28. The accident tumbled us all out of the truck.车祸把我们全都从卡车上摔了下来。 29. The boy tumbled his mother's hair男孩弄乱了妈妈的头发。 30. He tumbled pens, pencils, books, magazines, tapes and cups into a box.他把钢笔、铅笔、书、杂志、磁带和杯子都扔进了一个盒子里。 31. They tumbled him out of the throne.他们把他从王位上赶了下来。 32. They tumbled the walls of the the old building.他们拆毁了旧建筑物的墙。 33. she pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs.她向前一倾，从剩下几级楼梯上滚了下来。 34. police and dogs tumbled from the vehicle.警察与狗匆忙地冲下了车。 35. property prices tumbled.地产价暴跌。 36. [as adj. tumbled]his tumbled bedclothes.他那弄皱了的床单。 37. she'll ring again as soon as she tumbles to what she's done.一旦她明白她所做的事情，她会再打电话过来的。 38. I took a tumble in the nettles.我跌倒在荨麻上。 39. a tumble in share prices.股价大跌。 40. her hair was a tumble of untamed curls.她的卷发乱作一团。 41. not a soul gave him a tumble.没有一个人向他示好。 42. He tripped and tumbled all the way down the steps.他绊了一跤，一直滚到台阶下面。 43. House prices have tumbled.房屋价格突然下跌了。 44. She opened her suitcase and all her things tumbled out of it.她一打开手提箱，所有的东西都掉了出来。 45. The walls of the old house were tumbling down.那幢旧房子的墙纷纷在倒塌。 46. He tripped and tumbled to the ground.他绊了一下，跌倒在地。 47. The abandoned house finally tumbled [=collapsed] to the ground.那座荒宅最终倒塌了。 48. The statue came tumbling down during the riots.雕塑在骚乱中倒塌。 49. The satellite was tumbling out of control.卫星失控坠落。 50. She slipped and tumbled down the hill/steps.她脚下一滑滚下了山/台阶。 51. Stock prices tumbled today.股价今日暴跌。 52. Everyone came tumbling out of the bar at closing time.酒吧关门时每个人都跌跌撞撞地走了出来。 53. He tumbled into bed and fell asleep.他迷迷糊糊地上床睡着了。 54. Water tumbled over the rocks.水从岩石上滚滚流过。 55. tumbling acrobats/gymnasts做空翻动作的杂技演员/体操运动员 56. "Her long, curly hair tumbled down her back."她的长鬈发松散地垂在背后。 57. They didn't tumble to [=realize] the seriousness of the problem.他们并没有意识到问题的严重性。 58. I thought you'd tumble to what I'd meant.我本以为你能领会我的意思。 59. She took a tumble down the stairs. [=she fell down the stairs]她滚下了楼梯。 60. The value of the stock has taken a tumble [=has gone down] in recent weeks.这只股票的价值在最近几周跌了不少。 61. gymnasts doing tumbles正在翻跟头的体操运动员