v.暴跌；倒塌；跌倒；翻滾；弄亂；明白；突然發(fā)現(xiàn)
n.暴跌；跌跤；混亂
Share prices tumbled on the stock-market. 股市上股票價格暴跌。
Stock market price tumble after rumor of a rise in interest rate. 謠傳利率上升之後，股票市場價格猛跌。
That old building could tumble down at any time. 那座古老的樓房隨時可能倒塌。
It only needed a push and the whole building will come tumble down. 只要稍稍一推，那整幢房子就會倒塌下來。
In her hurry she tumbled down. 她在匆忙中跌倒。
The sick child tumbled restlessly in his bed. 生病的小孩在床上輾轉(zhuǎn)反側(cè)焦躁不安。
The wind tumbled her hair. 風(fēng)把她的頭發(fā)吹亂了.
It was a long time before she tumbled to what I meant. 她用了很長時間才明白了我的意思。
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。
用作名詞 (n.)Stock prices took a tumble in the afternoon. 股票價格下午猛跌。
The tumble hurt him badly. 這一跤把他摔得很疼。
Yesterday I took a nasty tumble. 昨天我重重跌一跤。
His desk was a complete tumble of papers and books. 他的書桌上亂糟糟地堆滿了報紙和書籍。
Bedclothes was in a tumble on the floor. 被褥散亂在地上。
tumble的基本意思是“跌倒”。引申可作“翻滾”解。
tumble可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時接名詞或代詞作賓語。
tumble后接副詞about表示“翻滾,翻騰”; 后接介詞to表示“領(lǐng)悟”; 后接介詞off表示“從…摔下”; 后接復(fù)合介詞out of表示“從…摔出〔滾下〕”; 后接副詞up表示“趕快”。
tumble還可用作名詞,意思是“跌倒, 摔跤, 翻筋斗”。
