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tumbledown

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tum·ble·down /ˈtʌmbəldaʊn/ adjective [only before noun]  CONDITION/STATE OF somethinga tumbledown building is old and beginning to fall down 〔房屋〕摇摇欲坠的 a tumbledown cottage 摇摇欲坠的村舍
Examples from the Corpus
tumbledownMost buildings are tumbledown and all but the main streets are eerily deserted.We arrived at a tumbledown cottage, surrounded by overgrown rose bushes and a broken fence.That financial crisis weathered, Zyuganov will then have to find the money for large-scale state investment in tumbledown factories.The college was a collection of tumbledown old buildings in Paddington.
tum·ble·down adjectiveChineseSyllable
is Corpus down tumbledown to and a old building beginning fall


tumbledown
tumbledown /ˈtʌmbəldaʊn/ adjective [only before noun]
a tumbledown building is old and beginning to fall down:
    a tumbledown cottage


tumble·downBrE /ˈtʌmbldaʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʌmbldaʊn/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] (of a building 建筑物) old and in a poor condition so that it looks as if it is falling down 破败不堪的;摇摇欲坠的 SYN dilapidated