英语词源
- tumble-down (adj.)
- 1791, originally "habitually falling down" and used first of horses, from tumble (v.) + down (adv.); in reference to buildings, "in a dilapidated condition," from 1818.
权威例句
- 1. He injured his ribs in a tumble from his horse.
- 他从马背上摔下来时伤到了肋骨。
- 2. Share prices continued to tumble today on the Tokyo stock market.
- 东京股市的股价今天继续暴跌。
- 3. Many mothers and children tumble into poverty after divorce.
- 很多母亲和孩子在离婚后陷入贫困。
- 4. Waterfalls crash and tumble over rocks.
- 瀑布飞流直溅，冲刷着岩石。
- 5. Oil prices took a tumble yesterday.
- 昨天油价暴跌。