英语释义

1. dilapidated, ramshackle
a tumbledown house at the edge of town
— Sherwood Anderson

2. in bad condition ready to fall down

3. dilapidated
a tumbledown old house

片语

Mount Tumbledown危巖山

tottery摇摇欲坠的，蹒跚的

tumbledown detail摇摇欲坠的

tumbledown eucalyptus白皮桉

tumbledown building摇摇欲坠的房子

Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona亚利桑那的破败农场

A tumbledown old shack破旧的棚屋

Tumbledown Trails Golf Course蹒跚小径高尔夫球场

英汉例句

• he is the author of fourteen plays, of which three are still extant: romance of the western chamber, beautiful spring hall and a tumbledown cave.

  王实甫一共写了十四个剧本，现在流传下来的比较完整的只有《西厢记》、《丽春堂》、《破窑记》三种。

• you taught me since my childhood that a house of gold or silver is never as good as my own tumbledown home, but what’s the reality?

  你们从小就对我灌输，金窝、银窝不如自己的狗窝，那现实呢？

• it was a brave little house with a big, tumbledown barn and fields that sloped into forests beyond.

  这是一个很小的房子，有一个摇摇欲坠的仓房，牧场向远处延伸，直至森林。

• it was a brave little house with a big, tumbledown barn and fields that sloped into forests beyond.

  那是一栋很漂亮的小房子，有一个非常宽敞、年久失修的谷仓，房前的斜坡上是成片的庄稼地，直延伸至远处的森林里。

• people started calling tumbledown buildings ramshackle a little less than 200 years ago.

  大约不到200年以前，人们开始用ramshackle来形容建筑。

• can she move from managing a tumbledown shop to operating a major aquatic attraction?

  但是她能把一家快倒闭的店，经营成水族馆吗？

• it was a brave little house with a big, tumbledown barn and fields that sloped into forests beyond. the days were bright with snow, the nights forbiddingly dark.

  她要出国两个星期，我同意照顾她的动物；那是一个崭新的小房子，有一个摇摇欲坠的牲口棚和一个斜靠进森林里的牧场，白天在白雪的衬托下显得十分明亮，夜晚又黑的令人生畏。

• in indonesia, volunteers helped an old woman renovate her tumbledown home.

  在印尼，慈济志工帮助一位生活困顿的老妇人、维修残破的房子。

• to them these tumbledown stones must loom as huge as the wall of westeros.

  对于它们来说，这些摇摇欲坠的石头一定跟维斯特洛大陆上的绝境长城一样高耸。

• first-class hotel' was a complete misnomer for the tumbledown farmhouse we stayed in.

  把我们住的那个摇摇欲坠的村舍称作｀一流旅馆＇，纯粹是乱用词语。

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shabby破旧的；卑鄙的；吝啬的；低劣的

sleazy质地薄的；骯脏的；低级庸俗的；破烂的

tacky俗气的；发黏的；缺乏教养或风度的

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threadbare磨破的；衣衫褴褛的；乏味的；俗套的

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