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tum·ble1 /ˈtʌmbəl/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]  1  [always + adverb/preposition]FALL to fall down quickly and suddenly, especially with a rolling movement 倒下，跌倒，摔倒；滚落tumble over/backwards/down She lost her balance and tumbled backwards. 她失去了平衡，身体朝后倒去。 A few stones came tumbling down the cliff. 几块石头从悬崖上滚落下来。2  [always + adverb/preposition]FALL to move in an uncontrolled way 莽莽撞撞地行动；胡乱地走tumble into/through/out etc We tumbled out into the street. 我们跌跌撞撞地出来，到了大街上。3  LESSif prices or figures tumble, they go down suddenly and by a large amount 〔价格或数字〕猛跌，暴跌 Oil prices have tumbled. 石油价格猛跌。tumble to Mortgage rates tumbled to their lowest level for 25 years. 按揭贷款利率一下子跌到了25年来的最低水平。4  [always + adverb/preposition] literaryHBH if someone’s hair tumbles down, it is long, thick, and curly 〔长而卷曲的浓密头发〕垂下，垂落 Her long dark hair tumbled over her shoulders. 她那深色的长发垂落在肩头。5  literary if words tumble out of someone’s mouth, they speak very quickly because they are excited or upset 〔因兴奋或伤心〕快速说tumble out/over The words tumbled out as if he hardly knew what to say first. 他语无伦次，好像不知道先说什么才好。6  [always + adverb/preposition] if water tumbles somewhere, it flows there quickly 〔水〕快速流动 A narrow stream tumbled over the rocks. 一条狭窄的小溪在岩石间奔流。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. 清除瓦砾可能会导致建筑物其他部分出现坍塌。 b) if a system, problem etc comes tumbling down, it suddenly stops working or existing 〔制度〕不起作用；〔问题〕不复存在 In the last year, barriers have come tumbling down. 壁垒已在过去一年里土崩瓦解。8. American EnglishDSO to do tumbling 翻腾，空翻→ See Verb table

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 [countable]  FALLa fall, especially from a high place or level 〔尤指从高处的〕倒下，跌倒，摔倒；〔水平的〕下降 It’s possible that stocks could take a tumble next year. 明年股票有可能会大跌。 → 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 Dictionarytumbletum‧ble /ˈtʌmbəl/ verb [intransitive] journalism if prices, figures etc tumble, they go down suddenly and by a large amountStock market prices have tumbled over the past week. —tumble noun [countable usually singular]The announcement sparked a 10% tumble in the company’s stock price.→ See Verb tableOrigin tumble1 (1200-1300) tumb “to dance, perform as a tumbler” ((11-14 centuries)), from Old English tumbian

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tum‧ble¹ /ˈtʌmbəl/ verb [intransitive]1. [always + adverb/preposition] to fall down quickly and suddenly, especially with a rolling movement
    tumble over/backwards/down
    She lost her balance and tumbled backwards.
    A few stones came tumbling down the cliff.
2. [always + adverb/preposition] to move in an uncontrolled way
    tumble into/through/out etc
    We tumbled out into the street.
3. if prices or figures tumble, they go down suddenly and by a large amount:
    Oil prices have tumbled.
    tumble to
    Mortgage rates tumbled to their lowest level for 25 years.
4. [always + adverb/preposition] literary if someone’s hair tumbles down, it is long, thick, and curly:
    Her long dark hair tumbled over her shoulders.
5. literary if words tumble out of someone’s mouth, they speak very quickly because they are excited or upset
    tumble out/over
    The words tumbled out as if he hardly knew what to say first.
6. [always + adverb/preposition] if water tumbles somewhere, it flows there quickly:
    A narrow stream tumbled over the rocks.
7. come tumbling down
  a. if something comes tumbling down, it falls suddenly to the ground:
    Removing the debris could cause the rest of the building to come tumbling down.
  b. if a system, problem etc comes tumbling down, it suddenly stops working or existing:
    In the last year, barriers have come tumbling down.
8. American English to do tumbling

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tumble² noun [countable]
a fall, especially from a high place or level:
    It’s possible that stocks could take a tumble next year.
⇨ rough and tumble