单词 | tumble |
释义 | tumble v 1 (a) [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn.pr, Tn.p] (cause sb/sth to) fall, esp helplessly or violently, but usu without serious injury (使某人[某物])倒下, 坠落(尤指身不由己或猛劲儿, 但通常并无重伤) tumble down the stairs, off a bicycle, out of a tree, over a step, etc 从楼梯上滚下、 从自行车上摔下、 从树上掉下、 绊倒在台阶上 Toddlers keep tumbling over. 学步的儿童老是摔跤. The children tumbled (ie pushed) each other (over) in the snow. 孩子们互相推来推去倒在雪地上了. (b) [I] fall rapidly in value or amount (价格或数量)急遽下降 Share prices tumbled on the stock-market. 股市上股票价格暴跌. 2 [I, Ipr, Ip] roll to and fro or over and over or up and down in a restless and disorderly way 打滚; (不安地和胡乱地)翻滚 The puppies were tumbling about on the floor. 小狗在地板上打著滚. The stream tumbled over the rocks. 溪水滚滚流过岩石. The breakers came tumbling onto the shore. 浪涛滚滚而来拍打著岸边. 3 [Ipr, Ip] ~ into/out of sth; ~ in/out move or rush in the specified direction in a headlong or blundering way 急促地或胡乱地朝某方向移动或猛冲 I threw off my clothes and tumbled into bed. 我脱掉衣服倒在床上便睡了. The children tumbled into/out of the car. 孩子们一窝蜂上了[下了]汽车. My shopping bag broke and everything tumbled out. 我的购物袋破了, 东西纷纷都掉了出来. 4 [Tn, Tn.p] rumple or disarrange (sth) 弄乱, 搅乱(某物) The wind tumbled her hair. 风把她的头发吹乱了. The bedclothes were tumbled (about) as though the bed had been slept in. 床上的被褥都弄乱了, 好像有人睡过觉. 5 (phr v) tumble down fall into ruin; collapse 已残破不堪; 倒塌; 垮掉 The old barn we bought to convert into flats was practically tumbling down. 那个旧谷仓我们买下想改建住房的, 实际上已经快塌了. tumble to sb/sth (infml 口) realize the true character of sb or grasp a hidden meaning, etc 看穿某人或了解到隐含的意义等 I tumbled to him/to what he was up to when I found some of his letters to Jane. 我发现了他写给简的一些信, 赫然了解了他的为人[他居心何在]. tumble, n 1 [C] helpless or violent fall (身不由己的或猛力的)倒下; 摔倒; 跌跤; 坠落; 倒塌 have/take a nasty tumble 重重跌一跤. 2 [sing] untidy or confused state 混乱; 杂乱 bedclothes in a tumble on the floor 散乱在地上的被褥. |
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