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| 1 | if a price or value tumbles, it suddenly becomes much lower （价格或价值）猛跌，暴跌 | Unemployment tumbled to 5.6% in November. 11月的失业率猛降到5.6%。 | |
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| 2 | if a building or other structure tumbles or tumbles down , it falls to the ground （大楼等建筑物）倒塌，坍塌 | It seemed that the walls had tumbled from the inside. 墙体似乎是从内部倒塌的。 | | | 2a | if an organization or system tumbles, it suddenly stops existing （组织或体系突然）瓦解，不复存在 | | The bank came tumbling down in the financial crisis. 这家银行在金融危机中倒闭。 | | |
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| 3 | if someone tumbles, they fall to the ground 摔倒；跌倒 | | 3a | to do gymnastic movements in which you roll your body over on the floor 翻跟头 | | |
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| 4 | if water tumbles somewhere , a lot of it flows there （水）滚滚而流 | | 4a | used about large amounts of other things that move 大量移动 | | Great white clouds tumbled over the mountain peaks above us. 朵朵白云在我们的上空飘过山顶。 | | | | 4b | used about long hair that hangs down （头发）垂落 | | Long dark hair tumbled down her back. 乌黑的长发垂落在她的背上。 | | |
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| - | ˈtumble ˌto |
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| | tumble to sth: to realize or understand something 意识到；明白 |
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