tumble

英 ['tʌmbl] 美 ['tʌmbl]

• v. 暴跌；倒塌；跌倒；翻滚；弄乱；明白；突然发现
• n. 暴跌；跌跤；混乱

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 跌倒

   fall, especially quickly or violently

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. （使）倒塌，坍塌
2. （使）暴跌，骤降，下跌
3. （使）打滚，辗转，翻筋斗，（使）翻滚，翻腾，使滚翻，使完全翻转
4. （使）跌倒，被绊倒，（使）摔倒，摔翻，推倒，摔下来，突然摔倒
5. 偶然发现
6. （使）滚下，（使）坠落，滚落
7. 被倾覆，颠覆
8. 匆匆忙忙地做，仓促地行动
9. 跌跌撞撞地走
10. <英><俚>突然明白，恍然大悟
11. 乱扔，弄乱，扔出，扔散，搅乱，搞乱，使混乱，乱放
12. 用烘干机烘干（衣服），把（衣服）放在干燥机中旋干
13. 轻松地倒下

n. 名词

1. 混乱（的一堆），乱七八糟，杂乱不堪的一团
2. 翻滚，（翻）筋斗，翻腾
3. 暴跌
4. 跌跤，跌倒，摔倒，摔交
5. 倒塌
6. 坠落，滚落
7. 倒台，垮台

英英释义

Noun:

1. an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end

2. a sudden drop from an upright position;

   "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
   

Verb:

1. fall down, as if collapsing;

   "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
   

2. cause to topple or tumble by pushing

3. roll over and over, back and forth

4. fly around;

   "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"
   "rising smoke whirled in the air"
   

5. fall apart;

   "the building crumbled after the explosion"
   "Negotiations broke down"
   

6. throw together in a confused mass;

   "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"
   

7. understand, usually after some initial difficulty;

   "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
   

8. fall suddenly and sharply;

   "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"
   

9. put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying;

   "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"
   

10. suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat

11. do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Share prices tumbled on the stock-market.
   股市上股票价格暴跌。
2. Stock market price tumble after rumor of a rise in interest rate.
   谣传利率上升之後，股票市场价格猛跌。
3. That old building could tumble down at any time.
   那座古老的楼房随时可能倒塌。
4. It only needed a push and the whole building will come tumble down.
   只要稍稍一推，那整幢房子就会倒塌下来。
5. In her hurry she tumbled down.
   她在匆忙中跌倒。
6. The sick child tumbled restlessly in his bed.
   生病的小孩在床上辗转反侧焦躁不安。
7. The wind tumbled her hair.
   风把她的头发吹乱了.
8. It was a long time before she tumbled to what I meant.
   她用了很长时间才明白了我的意思。
9. Quite accidentally, the police tumbled on the answer to the mystery.
   警察出乎意外地找到了那疑案的答案。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Stock prices took a tumble in the afternoon.
   股票价格下午猛跌。
2. The tumble hurt him badly.
   这一跤把他摔得很疼。
3. Yesterday I took a nasty tumble.
   昨天我重重跌一跤。
4. His desk was a complete tumble of papers and books.
   他的书桌上乱糟糟地堆满了报纸和书籍。
5. Bedclothes was in a tumble on the floor.
   被褥散乱在地上。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Babies tumble when they are learning to walk.
   幼儿在学走路时常常跌倒。
2. The sick child is tumbling restlessly in his bed.
   这病孩不安地在床上翻滚。
3. The wall finally tumbled.
   那堵墙终于倒塌了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The strong winds tumbled a tree in our yard.
   大风刮倒了我们院子里的一棵树。
2. The wreckers tumbled the wall of the building.
   拆墙者把建筑物的墙拆倒。

经典引文

• The moorhen..swimming out from the overhanging tumble of bush and bramble.

  出自：Westminster Gazette

• She's utterly fearless and she can tumble really well.

  出自：Radio Times

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

tumble about (v.+adv.)

翻滚,翻腾 roll; surge
tumble about
The puppies were tumbling about on the floor.

那些小狗在地板上到处打滚。

tumble down¹ (v.+adv.)

倒塌 cave down
tumble down
The hut tumbled down in the storm.

小屋在暴风雨中倒塌。

tumble down² (v.+prep.)

从…滚下 fall down from sth
tumble down sth
She tumbled down the stairs.

她从楼梯上滚了下来。

tumble from (v.+prep.)

从…滚出 roll out of sth
tumble from sth
The fruit tumbled from the overturned cart.

水果从翻倒的手推车里滚出来。

tumble off (v.+prep.)

从…摔下 come off (sth) by falling carelessly
tumble off sth
He tumbled off his bicycle.

他从自行车上跌了下来。

tumble out of (v.+adv.+prep.)

从…摔出〔滚下〕 roll out of sth
tumble out of sth
He tumbled out of bed.

他从床上滚了下来。 tumble sb out of sth
The earthquake tumbled me out of bed.

地震把我从床上摔了下来。
The accident tumbled us all out of the bus.

那次车祸把我们从公共汽车里全部摔出来。

tumble to (v.+prep.)

〈非正〉领悟,明白 understand or become conscious of (sth) often suddenly
tumble to sb/sth
He tried to keep his intentions well hidden, but it doesn't take too long for people to tumble to him.

他企图隐瞒他的意图,但没多久人们就看穿了他。
How could the enemy tumble to you so soon?

敌人怎么能这么快就认出你来了?
He has been deceiving her for many years, but she has still not tumbled to it.

他已经欺骗她多年了,但对此她仍然没有知觉。
All at once he tumbled to my plan.

突然,他领悟了我的计划。

tumble up (v.+adv.)

赶快 hurry up
tumble up
Come along, now, tumble up!I am not going to wait about all day.

来吧,快点!我可不打算在这里傻等啦!

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• tumble abruptly 突然跌倒
• tumble drunkenly 踉踉跄跄地走来
• tumble wretchedly 悲惨地跌倒
• tumble about 翻滚,翻腾
• tumble along 莽莽撞撞地过来
• tumble down 摔倒,坍塌,失散
• tumble over 乱扔,打翻,绊倒,反复思考

～+介词

• tumble down the stairs 跌跌撞撞地下楼
• tumble for 爱上
• tumble in sleep 在睡梦中翻来覆去
• tumble in a stream 跌入小河
• tumble into bed 匆匆地上床
• tumble off 从…摔下来
• tumble on〔upon〕 偶然发现
• tumble out of bed 匆匆地起床
• tumble over a stump 在树桩上绊一跤
• tumble to 领悟

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. tumble的基本意思是“跌倒”。引申可作“翻滚”解。
2. tumble可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。
3. tumble后接副词about表示“翻滚,翻腾”; 后接介词to表示“领悟”; 后接介词off表示“从…摔下”; 后接复合介词out of表示“从…摔出〔滚下〕”; 后接副词up表示“赶快”。

近反义词

【近义词】

• fall 落下
• topple 使倒塌
• stumble 绊倒
• plunge 使投入
• trip 旅行
• spill 溢出
• somersault 跟斗
• forward roll 前滚翻
• flip 掷
• flip-flop 夹趾拖鞋
• cartwheel (体操动作)侧身翻跟头...
• toss 投掷
• wallow 打滚
• roll 卷
• pitch 球场
• flounder 挣扎
• sprawl 躺卧
• lurch 突然倾斜
• fall over 跌倒
• fall down 跌倒
• trip up (使)犯错误
• plummet 铅锤
• drop 落下
• nose-dive 俯冲
• thrash 打(谷)
• descent 下降
• disorder 混乱
• stagger 蹒跚
• rock 岩石
• founder 创立者
• twig 小枝
• crumple （使)起皱
• cotton on 开始理解
• tip 小费
• catch on 理解
• get it 理解
• collapse （使）倒塌
• crumble 崩溃
• get onto 上车
• latch on 抓住
• get wise 变卤莽
• whirl 使 ... 旋转
• break down 分解；发生故障；失败；毁...