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tumble

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tumble
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he / she / it tumbles
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past simple tumbled
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past participle tumbled
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-ing form tumbling
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] tumble (somebody/something) + adv./prep. to fall downwards, often hitting the ground several times, but usually without serious injury; to make somebody/something fall in this way（使）跌倒，摔倒，滚落，翻滚下来
    • He slipped and tumbled down the stairs.他脚一滑滚下了楼梯。🔊🔊
    • We tumbled down into the hole.我们跌入洞中。
  2. [intransitive] tumble (down) to fall suddenly and in a dramatic way倒塌；坍塌
    • The scaffolding came tumbling down.脚手架突然倒塌。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) World records tumbled at the last Olympics.在上届奥林匹克运动会上世界纪录被大幅刷新。🔊🔊
    see also tumbledown
  3. [intransitive] to fall rapidly in value or amount（价格或数量）暴跌，骤降
    • The price of oil is still tumbling.油价仍在急遽下跌。🔊🔊
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    • Profits have tumbled from £15 billion to just £3 billion.利润从150亿英镑下降到30亿英镑。
    • The news sent shares tumbling.这一消息使股价暴跌。
  4. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move or fall somewhere in a relaxed or noisy way, or with a lack of control 翻滚；打滚；翻腾；轻松地倒下
    • I undressed and tumbled into bed.我脱下衣服，跌入床上。
    • A group of noisy children tumbled out of the bus.一群吵吵嚷嚷的孩子一窝蜂地下了公共汽车。🔊🔊
    • The water tumbled over the rocks.水在岩石上翻滚。
    • Thick golden curls tumbled down over her shoulders.厚厚的金色鬈发垂在她的肩上。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) Her words came tumbling out.她的话翻来覆去。
    • She tumbled through the front door and collapsed in a heap.她从前门翻滚而倒在一堆。
  5. [intransitive] to perform acrobatics on the floor, especially somersaults (= a jump in which you turn over completely in the air)表演杂技；翻跟头；（尤指）做空翻动作
    • a tumbling troupe翻滚的剧团
    6. Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘dance with contortions’): from Middle Low German tummelen; compare with Old English tumbian ‘to dance’. The sense was probably influenced by Old French tomber ‘to fall’. The noun, first in the sense ‘tangled mass’, dates from the mid 17th cent.

tumble

noun
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  1. [countable, usually singular] a sudden fall跌倒；滚落；暴跌
    • The jockey took a nasty tumble at the third fence.骑师在第三道栅栏处给重重摔下马来。🔊🔊
    • Share prices took a sharp tumble following news of the merger.合并消息传出，股价随即暴跌。🔊🔊
    • Share prices took a tumble following the election.选举后股价暴跌。
    see also rough and tumble
  2. [singular] tumble (of something) an untidy group of things混乱的一堆；杂乱不堪的一团
    • a tumble of blond curls蓬乱的金色鬈发
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    • Her hair fell in a golden tumble around her shoulders.她的头发在肩膀上掉下了金色的滚珠。
    • an untidy tumble of buildings乱七八糟的建筑物
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘dance with contortions’): from Middle Low German tummelen; compare with Old English tumbian ‘to dance’. The sense was probably influenced by Old French tomber ‘to fall’. The noun, first in the sense ‘tangled mass’, dates from the mid 17th cent.