tumbling

英 [ˈtʌmblɪŋ]

美 [ˈtʌmblɪŋ]

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的现在分词

现在分词：tumbling　

BNC.20467 / COCA.18022

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

英英释义

noun

• the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
  Synonym:acrobatics

双语例句

• A canny investor would need to predict when the dollar will once more start tumbling
  精明的投资者需要预计到美元何时会再次大跌。
• It included singing, tumbling, and acrobatics as well as martial arts skills and acting.
  它包括歌唱、翻跟斗、杂技，还有武术技巧和表演。
• She remembered him tumbling into the black of space.
  她记得他翻着跟头消失在黑暗的太空里。
• Stones tumbling from the villa roof hit him on the shoulders and one glanced off his skull as he was lying on the ground.
  别墅屋顶上的石头塌了下来，打在他的肩膀上，一块石头从他的脑壳上擦了过去，他栽倒在地了。
• In Finland a programme of tobacco control, public education and dietary advice had seen lung cancer rates tumbling.
  芬兰实施了一项控制烟草的计划，包括进行公众教育和饮食建议，成效显著，肺癌患病率持续下降。
• I remember asking her, holding up the faded blue dictionary, and the story came tumbling out.
  我想起我举着这本褪色的蓝色辞典，询问我的母亲，这个故事就此翻江倒海地展现出来。
• She pushes him and sends him tumbling downstairs.
  她推了他一下，使他滚下了楼梯。
• This probably accounts for the beneficial effect of a holiday by the sea, or in the mountains with tumbling streams or waterfalls.
  这说明了在海边或是有翻滚的溪流和瀑布度假有益健康。
• The announcement sent the dollar tumbling and set off fears about inflation, which can be exacerbated by a weak greenback.
  被送美元翻筋斗的公告和引起了对通货膨胀的恐惧，可以由一张微弱的美钞恶化。
• The researchers suggest that cramped quarters limit the tumbling motion that facilitates the string weaving through the coils.
  研究人员表示是有限的空间抑制了会促成绳子交织在一起的绳子做翻滚的动作。