单词	tailspin
释义	tailspin /ˈteɪlspɪn / noun 1A spin by an aircraft.About 600 miles out, Erwin broadcast a frantic message that he was in a tailspin and headed for the ocean below.... They don't pull the joystick until the tailspin is imminent. The plane then went into a tailspin, rushing towards the ground below. 1.1A state of rapidly increasing chaos or panic: the rise in interest rates sent the stock market into a tailspin... When the airline industry went into a tailspin, the government, banks and other backers rallied round. The telecom industry was already in a tailspin, so no one wanted to take on the added risk of doing business in areas where they couldn't be sure they'd get paid. The stock price of the combined company declined more than 75 percent as Wall Street went into a tailspin and advertising swooned. verb (tailspins, tailspinning; past and past participle tailspun) [no object] Become increasingly chaotic and out of control: an economy tailspinning into chaos... But now, if the doom-mongers are to be believed, the group will tailspin and be sold off bit by bit to the highest bidder. After the death of his sister, Vincent’s life began to tailspin out of control. Someone very wise told me, when the economy started to tailspin, that there was no better time to start a company than during a down market, because if you can survive a down market you can survive anything. Origin First World War: from tail1 + spin (noun).
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