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

• The boy is just learning to walk; he is always tumbling over the floor.
  小男孩正在学走路，所以他总是在地板上跌倒。
• 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。
• You have come out in the morning to play in the courtyard, tottering and tumbling as you run.
  你在早晨就跑出来到天井里玩儿，你，跑着就像摇摇欲跌似的。
• At one point I took a step backward and went tumbling. The crowd bore back a little.
  有一次，我后退一步，却栽了个跟头。大家退后了一点儿。
• The puppies were tumbling about on the floor.
  小狗在地板上打着滚。
• Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.
  他跌了一大跤，却不在意，继续干活。杰克摔了一跤摔破了王冠，吉尔跌跌撞撞走了上来。
• 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。
• One of a breed of domestic pigeons characteristically tumbling or somersaulting in flight.
  翻飞鸽飞行中会摇摆或翻转的一种家鸽。
• 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。
• Following the noise, we looked towards the East and saw a waterfall tumbling down from halfway up the mountain.
  我们寻声向东望去，只见一片瀑布从半山腰里倾泻而下。