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单词

tumble

读音
ˈtʌmbl
美式
英式
词根

"tumble"的词根是中世纪英语的 "tumbelen",可能源自"tumbian"是旧英语中的"跌倒"或"跳舞"。

释义

vi. 摔倒;倒塌;滚动;打滚;仓惶地行动 vt. 使摔倒;使滚翻;弄乱 n. 跌倒;翻筋斗;跌跤 [ 过去式tumbled 过去分词tumbled 现在分词tumbling ] [ 复数 tumbles 第三人称单数 tumbles 现在分词 tumbling 过去式 tumbled 过去分词 tumbled ]

例句

Babies tumble when they are learning to walk.
幼儿在学走路时常常跌倒。
He enjoys rough-and-tumble play.
他喜欢吵闹式的玩耍。
Oil prices took a tumble yesterday.
石油价格昨天一阵暴跌。

强化记忆

你可以把"tumble"想象成一个"tumbler",它在地上滚来滚去,可以帮助记住这个词的意思。"tumble"是一种常用的描述混乱或下跌的词汇,特别是在体育或经济领域。来自中世纪英语,可能源自旧英语的"跌倒"或"跳舞"的词汇。后来延伸出许多细腻的含义和用法。

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References to Western society and Japanese customstumble over each other,from literature and fashion to food and ghost stories.
For example, the specific way in which millions of grains of sandcollide and tumble over each otheralmost always produces the same basic pattern of ripples.
don't protect them too much,and they need to tumble sometimes.They need to get some injury.
whereas unsuccessful tricksmore of a scratch and a tumble,and tricks on the rail will ring out like a gong, and
It's about enjoying mundane sounds.This, for example, is my tumble dryer.(Dryer)
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出国,专四专八,其他

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托福TPO阅读真题,专八真题近十五年,经济学人(The Economist)