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tumble

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tum·ble1 /ˈtʌmbəl/ ●○○ verb [intransitiveI]
1  [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FALL to fall down quickly and suddenly, especially with a rolling movement 倒下，跌倒，摔倒；滾落
tumble over/backwards/down
She lost her balance and tumbled backwards.
她失去了平衡，身體朝後倒去。
A few stones came tumbling down the cliff.
幾塊石頭從懸崖上滾落下來。
2  [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FALL to move in an uncontrolled way 莽莽撞撞地行動；胡亂地走
tumble into/through/out etc
We tumbled out into the street.
我們跌跌撞撞地出來，到了大街上。
3  LESSif prices or figures tumble, they go down suddenly and by a large amount 〔價格或數字〕猛跌，暴跌
Oil prices have tumbled.
石油價格猛跌。
tumble to
Mortgage rates tumbled to their lowest level for 25 years.
按揭貸款利率一下子跌到了25年來的最低水平。
4  [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] literaryHBH if someone’s hair tumbles down, it is long, thick, and curly 〔長而卷曲的濃密頭發〕垂下，垂落
Her long dark hair tumbled over her shoulders.
她那深色的長發垂落在肩頭。
5  literary if words tumble out of someone’s mouth, they speak very quickly because they are excited or upset 〔因興奮或傷心〕快速說
tumble out/over
The words tumbled out as if he hardly knew what to say first.
他語無倫次，好像不知道先說什麽才好。
6  [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if water tumbles somewhere, it flows there quickly 〔水〕快速流動
A narrow stream tumbled over the rocks.
一條狹窄的小溪在岩石間奔流。
7  come tumbling down 
a) if something comes tumbling down, it falls suddenly to the ground 倒塌
Removing the debris could cause the rest of the building to come tumbling down.
清除瓦礫可能會導致建築物其他部分出現坍塌。
b) if a system, problem etc comes tumbling down, it suddenly stops working or existing 〔制度〕不起作用；〔問題〕不複存在
In the last year, barriers have come tumbling down.
壁壘已在過去一年裏土崩瓦解。
Examples from the Corpus
come tumbling down• Soon her marriage came tumbling down.• Another set of walls comes tumbling down.• As the Holy Spirit filled me, the barriers came tumbling down.• One wrong move, we realized with horror, and the doors could come tumbling down.• Then the stage came tumbling down.• There is a loud clatter as a stack of circuit boards comes tumbling down.• The statues came tumbling down all over the Soviet Union.• And the marriage comes tumbling down as Roth, like a Roth hero, demands to become unbound from marital ties.• He watched a huge white mountain collapse and come tumbling down on him.
8. American EnglishAmEDSO to do tumbling 翻騰，空翻
Examples from the Corpus
tumble• On October 19,1987, the stock market tumbled 508 points.• Music had cleansed him as a river cleans a gorge through which it tumbles.• Sara hated to think of how she herself must appear with her face devoid of make-up and her hair tumbled.• Charsky catapulted into a rocky obstruction after tumbling a thousand feet or so.• A little girl tumbled about 30 feet from the window of her family's third-floor apartment.• Then the loosened masonry began to tumble again.• Grace's blonde hair tumbled down her back.• A bus veered off the road and tumbled down the hill into the river below.• She tumbled down the stairs and landed in a heap at the bottom.• The movement only made it worse and the world continued to tumble for long seconds after.• Some tumbled off and ran no further.• Collins laid the attaché case on the low table, consulted the slip of paper and tumbled the rollers.
tumble over/backwards/down• Then the stage came tumbling down.• In the rivermouth of Berwick he tumbled down, drinking the waves.• People were tumbling over each other for new dentures.• They tumbled down, flattening me into a posture altogether too familiar.• He watched a huge white mountain collapse and come tumbling down on him.• In the other direction craggy peaks loomed like soaring granite castles, with crystalline blue glaciers spilling and tumbling down their flanks.• The tumbling pigeons rose up and tumbled down, their white wings bright in the sunlight.
tumble into/through/out etc• This debate easily tumbles into a narrow institutional and constitutional approach to power and politics.• You may sense that your words are tumbling out into a kind of void.• From my second-floor vantage point I could see my classmates as they tumbled out into the quad playing catch with my shoes.• They tumble out of campers, erect tripods and hoist arm-length lenses.• Lincoln tumbled out of the car after me.• For once the theory of plate tectonics took shape, a series of implications for the deep earth quickly tumbled into place.• He tumbled through the air and stopped.• The words tumbled out with such stumbling sincerity that she looked at him, the ice in her eyes melting.
tumble out/over• At first he faltered, and then the words came tumbling out.• The sword splits the tree in half and Adonis tumbles out.• People were tumbling over each other for new dentures.• You may sense that your words are tumbling out into a kind of void.• From my second-floor vantage point I could see my classmates as they tumbled out into the quad playing catch with my shoes.• Great white clouds rolled above us, tumbling over the mountain summit as if eager to find quieter air.• The words tumbled out with such stumbling sincerity that she looked at him, the ice in her eyes melting.
tumble2 noun [countableC]
FALLa fall, especially from a high place or level 〔尤指從高處的〕倒下，跌倒，摔倒；〔水平的〕下降
It’s possible that stocks could take a tumble next year.
明年股票有可能會大跌。
→ rough and tumble
Examples from the Corpus
tumble• That's quite a tumble you took.• With its glass-reinforced-plastic exterior, the Minipod probably could survive such a tumble.• Payton, meanwhile, took a tumble to the floor and had Mark Bryant fall on him, bruising his back.• This started a real rough and tumble, with people falling or being pushed to the ground amongst the debris.• This soft green womb formed an oasis of peace in the chaotic tumble that was Fashion Avenue.• In certain light the sea goes green, a slow dullish tumble he watches from the deck.• In the doorway stands 2-year-old Davell Payne, a few feet from a potentially fatal tumble down the stairwell.• Creed tripped over something lying in the grass and even his head-over-heels tumble seemed lazy and unreal.
take a tumble• Payton, meanwhile, took a tumble to the floor and had Mark Bryant fall on him, bruising his back.• The prejudice of several centuries is about to take a tumble.
From Longman Business Dictionary
tumbletum·ble /ˈtʌmbəl/ verb [intransitiveI] journalism
if prices, figures etc tumble, they go down suddenly and by a large amount
Stock market prices have tumbled over the past week.
—tumble noun [countableC usually singular]
The announcement sparked a 10% tumble in the company’s stock price.
Origin tumble1
(1200-1300) tumb “to dance, perform as a tumbler” ((11-14 centuries)), from Old English tumbian
tum·ble1 verbtumble2 noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6023 COCA: 5472
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6023 COCA: 5472
tumble verb
⇨ fall 2 (The scaffolding came tumbling down.) ⇨ slump (prices tumble)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6023 COCA: 5472

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