v.暴跌；倒塌；跌倒；翻滚；弄乱；明白；突然发现

n.暴跌；跌跤；混乱

英式：[ˈtʌmblz]
美式：[ˈtʌmblz]

用作动词 (v.)

Share prices tumbled on the stock-market. 股市上股票价格暴跌。

Stock market price tumble after rumor of a rise in interest rate. 谣传利率上升之後，股票市场价格猛跌。

That old building could tumble down at any time. 那座古老的楼房随时可能倒塌。

It only needed a push and the whole building will come tumble down. 只要稍稍一推，那整幢房子就会倒塌下来。

In her hurry she tumbled down. 她在匆忙中跌倒。

The sick child tumbled restlessly in his bed. 生病的小孩在床上辗转反侧焦躁不安。

The wind tumbled her hair. 风把她的头发吹乱了.

It was a long time before she tumbled to what I meant. 她用了很长时间才明白了我的意思。

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。

用作名词 (n.)

Stock prices took a tumble in the afternoon. 股票价格下午猛跌。

The tumble hurt him badly. 这一跤把他摔得很疼。

Yesterday I took a nasty tumble. 昨天我重重跌一跤。

His desk was a complete tumble of papers and books. 他的书桌上乱糟糟地堆满了报纸和书籍。

Bedclothes was in a tumble on the floor. 被褥散乱在地上。

v.(动词)

tumble的基本意思是“跌倒”。引申可作“翻滚”解。

tumble可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。

tumble后接副词about表示“翻滚,翻腾”; 后接介词to表示“领悟”; 后接介词off表示“从…摔下”; 后接复合介词out of表示“从…摔出〔滚下〕”; 后接副词up表示“赶快”。

tumble还可用作名词,意思是“跌倒, 摔跤, 翻筋斗”。