tumble
v
1
(a) [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(cause sb/sth to) fall, esp helplessly or violently, but usu without serious injury (使某人[某物])倒下, 墜落(尤指身不由己或猛勁兒, 但通常并無重傷)
tumble down the stairs, off a bicycle, out of a tree, over a step, etc 從樓梯上滾下、 從自行車上摔下、 從樹上掉下、 絆倒在臺階上
Toddlers keep tumbling over. 學步的兒童老是摔跤.
The children tumbled (ie pushed) each other (over) in the snow. 孩子們互相推來推去倒在雪地上了.
(b) [I] fall rapidly in value or amount (價格或數量)急遽下降
Share prices tumbled on the stock-market. 股市上股票價格暴跌.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
roll to and fro or over and over or up and down in a restless and disorderly way 打滾; (不安地和胡亂地)翻滾
The puppies were tumbling about on the floor. 小狗在地板上打著滾.
The stream tumbled over the rocks. 溪水滾滾流過巖石.
The breakers came tumbling onto the shore. 浪濤滾滾而來拍打著岸邊.
3 [Ipr, Ip] ~ into/out of sth; ~ in/out move or rush in the specified direction in a headlong or blundering way 急促地或胡亂地朝某方向移動或猛沖
I threw off my clothes and tumbled into bed. 我脫掉衣服倒在床上便睡了.
The children tumbled into/out of the car. 孩子們一窩蜂上了[下了]汽車.
My shopping bag broke and everything tumbled out. 我的購物袋破了, 東西紛紛都掉了出來.
4 [Tn, Tn.p] rumple or disarrange (sth) 弄亂, 攪亂(某物)
The wind tumbled her hair. 風把她的頭發吹亂了.
The bedclothes were tumbled (about) as though the bed had been slept in. 床上的被褥都弄亂了, 好像有人睡過覺.
5 (phr v) tumble down fall into ruin; collapse 已殘破不堪; 倒塌; 垮掉
The old barn we bought to convert into flats was practically tumbling down. 那個舊谷倉我們買下想改建住房的, 實際上已經快塌了. tumble to sb/sth (infml 口) realize the true character of sb or grasp a hidden meaning, etc 看穿某人或了解到隱含的意義等
I tumbled to him/to what he was up to when I found some of his letters to Jane. 我發現了他寫給簡的一些信, 赫然了解了他的為人[他居心何在]. tumble, n
1 [C] helpless or violent fall (身不由己的或猛力的)倒下; 摔倒; 跌跤; 墜落; 倒塌
have/take a nasty tumble 重重跌一跤.
2 [sing] untidy or confused state 混亂; 雜亂
bedclothes in a tumble on the floor 散亂在地上的被褥.