| 单词 | tumble |
| 释义 | tumble (once / 242 pages) 1vn 2v 3nv 4v When you tumble, you fall abruptly. You might trip over your shoelaces and tumble down a hill while flying a kite if you're not careful. To suddenly topple over or trip and fall to the ground is to tumble. Toddlers often tumble in sandboxes, while running on sidewalks, or as they climb down stairs. There's another way to tumble that is more deliberate: the form of gymnastics that involves roundoffs and back handsprings is called tumbling, and if you're able to do these tricks, you can tumble. The root is believed to be the Old English tumbian, "to dance about." WORD FAMILYtumble: tumbled, tumbler, tumbles, tumbling+/tumbler: tumblers/tumbling: tumblings USAGE EXAMPLESIn fact, as Trump’s victory began to seem more likely on Election Night, stock-market futures did tumble. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) Bob – let’s call him – was emptying the tumble dryer and folding the clothes, I felt rather pointedly. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) Harvesters often slip and tumble down canyon walls. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1 1v fall down, as if collapsing The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it Syn|Hypo|Hyper topple keel over turn over and fall come down, descend, fall, go down move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way 2v cause to topple or tumble by pushing Syn|Hyper tip, topple force, push move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" 3v fall apart Syn|Hyper break down, collapse, crumble, crumple change integrity change in physical make-up 4v fall suddenly and sharply Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency Hyper drop go down in value 5v suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat Hyper decline, worsen grow worse 6v throw together in a confused mass They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern Hyper jumble, scramble, throw together bring into random order 7n a sudden drop from an upright position 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper fall, spill pratfall a fall onto your buttocks wipeouta spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard) slip, trip an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall 1v fly around The clothes tumbled in the dryer Syn|Hyper whirl, whirl around move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v roll over and over, back and forth Hyper roll over make a rolling motion or turn 3v put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying 3Wash in warm water and tumble dry Hyper toss agitate 1n an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end Hypo|Hyper flip, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return flip-flopa backward somersault acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt a stunt performed by an acrobat 2v do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully 4Hypo|Hyper roll execute a roll, in tumbling exercise, work out do physical exercise v understand, usually after some initial difficulty Syn|Hyper catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, twig apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy get the meaning of something |
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