tumbles

英 [ˈtʌmblz]

美 [ˈtʌmblz]

v.  (使)跌倒，摔倒，滚落，翻滚下来; 倒塌; 坍塌; (价格或数量)暴跌，骤降
tumble的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 滚下;摔倒;跌落;翻滚而下
  If someone or somethingtumblessomewhere, they fall there with a rolling or bouncing movement.
  1. A small boy tumbled off a third floor fire escape...
     一个小男孩从3楼防火梯上摔了下来。
  2. The dog had tumbled down the cliff…
     那只狗已摔下了悬崖。
  3. He fell to the ground, and the gun tumbled out of his hand.
     他跌到地上，枪从手里摔了出去。
  4. Tumbleis also a noun.
     
  5. He injured his ribs in a tumble from his horse.
     他从马背上摔下来时伤到了肋骨。
• VERB (物价等)暴跌，剧降
  If prices or levels of somethingare tumbling, they are decreasing rapidly.
  1. House prices have tumbled by almost 30 per cent in real terms since mid-1989...
     房价自 1989 年中期以来实际上暴跌了近 30%。
  2. Share prices continued to tumble today on the Tokyo stock market.
     东京股市的股价今天继续暴跌。
  3. ...tumbling inflation.
     急剧下降的通货膨胀率
  4. Tumbleis also a noun.
     
  5. Oil prices took a tumble yesterday.
     昨天油价暴跌。
• VERB (水)冲刷，滚滚流过
  If watertumbles, it flows quickly over an uneven surface.
  1. Waterfalls crash and tumble over rocks.
     瀑布飞流直溅，冲刷着岩石。
  2. ...the aromatic pines and tumbling streams of the Zonba Plateau.
     松巴高原芬芳的松树与湍急的河流
• VERB 突然闯入（某地）;陷入，浑然不觉地进入(某种状态)
  If you say that someonetumbles intoa situation or place, you mean that they get into it without being fully in control of themselves or knowing what they are doing.
  1. Many mothers and children tumble into poverty after divorce...
     很多母亲和孩子在离婚后陷入贫困。
  2. There's no thought more pleasing than the prospect of tumbling into my apartment and slamming the door.
     没有比一头冲进自己的公寓摔上房门更让我开心的事了。
• See also:rough and tumble

双语例句

• To each time tumbles stands immediately, each time falls down the negative image rubber ball to jump equally a higher person, does not matter the defeat.
  对每次跌倒而立刻站起来、每次坠地反像皮球一样跳得更高的人，是无所谓失败的。
• They took a number of tumbles after a few minutes'rest.
  休息几分钟后他们又翻了几个筋斗。
• But as they watch, the angel swoops, flutters and tumbles to the ground.
  可是他们看着看着，天使忽然飞扑下来了，飘飘荡荡，跌跌撞撞地落在了地上。
• Finally, the pants rip and Mark tumbles to the other side of the fence on top of his friends.
  最后，裤子破了，马克跌落在篱墙这边，伙伴们的身上。
• One that tumbles, especially an acrobat or a gymnast.
  翻筋斗者翻滚者，尤指杂技演员或体操运动员。
• If she tumbles into a sleep at the end of August, she'll lie torpid until the spring.
  到了八月底，她如果一头栽到床上，那就开始冬眠，一直睡到春天。
• There were, however, a couple of differences between the tumbles.
  不过，这两跤之间有几个不同之处。
• The injuries were mostly sustained in the age group of 20-40 years old in explosion and fire. Average age was 46.1 years old in flat land tumbles, but there was not apparent age distribution.
  爆炸火器伤见于20-40岁之间，平地跌倒无明显年龄阶段分布，平均年龄为46.1岁。
• The Prince manages to grab hold of a ledge, while the Dahaka tumbles down into the darkness below, but not before making a last attempt to pull the Prince down with him by using his tentacles.
  王子设法抓住了边缘，而达哈卡则跌跌撞撞摔入了黑暗之中，但是最后它还是尝试用触手来把王子拉下来。
• A penny only weighs about a gram and it tumbles as it falls.
  一分钱，只重约1克。