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

• It has been at other times of my life, but it isn't right now. Therefore, Rome's word, as it spins through the streets, just bumps up against me and tumbles off, leaving no impact.
  从前它曾是我的用词，此刻却不是。因此，罗马的用词在穿行于街头巷尾时撞上我后踉跄地走开，未留下任何影响。
• A block of weed tumbles onto my lane from below the expressway.
  一团滚草被风吹上了公路。
• As child mortality tumbles, so does fertility: fewer births are needed to achieve a given family size.
  随着儿童死亡率大幅下跌，生育率也大幅下降：创建一定规模的家庭所需生育的孩子减少了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There were, however, a couple of differences between the tumbles.
  不过，这两跤之间有几个不同之处。
• When the bridegroom accompanies the bride marches into the nuptial chamber, the bride intentionally tumbles, breaks the egg, can give birth the children by this symbol.
  当新郎陪新娘步入洞房时，新娘故意跌倒，把鸡蛋碰破，以此象征能生育儿女。
• 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。
• The Self-protecting Techniques of the Side Tumbles for Ice Hockey Beginners Accordingly, some scholars introduced indentation test and lateral fall test into biomechanical experiments.
  论冰球初学者侧摔时的自我保护侧摔试验是一种模拟人体股骨颈骨折损伤机制而设计的生物实验方法。